It was hot today.
I sweat putrid droplets of misery.
Everyone around me could smell it -
apathy, fear, and disgust;
otherness.
I wish that I didn’t have to speak at all.
It rained,
but I wasn’t washed clean.
I went to the bathroom.
I couldn’t stay there,
so I tried blotting them off with a paper
towel.
They stubbornly clung to my surface like oil.
I joined the others.
We went back to the crowd.
I waited for the music to wash over me, but I felt nothing.
Aug 21, 2021
Aug 21, 2021 at 5:08 AM UTC
It was hot today.
I sweat putrid droplets of misery.
Everyone around me could smell it -
apathy, fear, and disgust;
otherness.
I wish that I didn’t have to speak at all.
It rained,
but I wasn’t washed clean.
I went to the bathroom.
I couldn’t stay there,
so I tried blotting them off with a paper
towel.
They stubbornly clung to my surface like oil.
I joined the others.
We went back to the crowd.
I waited for the music to wash over me, but I felt nothing.
