I've been noticing little things lately
like the way certain words feel weird
coming off the tongue (copy. makes
the original sound cheap and ***** because
you're making a duplicate, a clone. copy.)

or all the stuff stuck underneath my fingernails
(I don't know where it all comes from, but isn't
it strange to think that it's probably all just skin
and other abandoned parts of me that have found
their way to a safe haven beneath my nails?)

or the way my best friend looks at me like I walk
on water and perform miracles and save lives
(when really it's the other way around because
she's had it hard in life and all she ever does is make
things better for other people, especially for me.)

and there's something weird about all these things
that I've been noticing, because they are so small
and insignificant, but I cannot help but find them
to be
strangely
poetic.