Blacklight 09: Untitled

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Fiction and Poetry

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By Oklicia Dillard
 
I am feeling orange today.
I am glowing and sunny
with a low viscosity and
and ear to a stereo.

He is glancing up and
I am forcing my head
lower and lower into
the deep crevices of my book.
 
Consumption is necessary
and is yet another thing
to add to my to-do list
which is as vast as
my list of lost opportunities.

I am staring so intently
at words that have little comfort
and he is glancing and glancing and
continually forcing a smile
that I am forcing myself to miss.

I am easily classified as
an idiot for this but one
glance among many line the
margins of my book and
his smile is an additional footnote.

I am enamored and
focusing my energy
on an ancient Greek
love story is no releaseno
solace for my insatiable hunger.

Consumption is necessary for survival.

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