A hospital roof
top – the world swelling
like a broken limb
beneath him
breathing
the air tastes
of car fumes,
***** – people
with their feet
covered in
the dust of
life
for a moment
my heart imagines
he is going to
jump
jump
away from the plan
I trust myself
enough not to
trust him
Nov 11, 2018
Nov 11, 2018 at 9:43 AM UTC
A hospital roof
top – the world swelling
like a broken limb
beneath him
breathing
the air tastes
of car fumes,
***** – people
with their feet
covered in
the dust of
life
for a moment
my heart imagines
he is going to
jump
jump
away from the plan
I trust myself
enough not to
trust him
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