Originally Posted by
flaggwalkstheline
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Woke up with chest pain
Must be the muscles, you know there’s no way I could ever know what real heart pain is
Wheezed and coughed and clutched my torso all through my western civilization part two class
When asked if I was ok I just shrugged and said,
“Hearing about the English civil wars just really gets to me I guess”
Afterwards outside, the highschool track runners were rushing in a pack around the block
Already the old guy at 21, I stepped out of the way and they thumpingly outpaced me
I thought to myself, “this must be the annual running of the teens”
I thought this thought was funny enough that when I sat at the bus bench
I said just that to the other plodding college students
They just looked at me and I felt stupid
When I got on the bus
A retarded man sat next to me and said, “hi how are you?!”
I scooted away and he looked hurt then forgot about it
When he got off he went across the street to catch the same bus on the way back
Just riding and riding all day and never remembering anything except people he never met, bliss
Also there was a woman with an infant girl in a papoose wrapped around her back
The child’s ears were already pierced and she had a cleft lip
Too small to know about her own deformity but hidden behind her mother’s back already
And there was something attached to a chainlink fence that looked like either a dried plant or a wet sock
And I realized that though most people claim to love the daylight most
It’s the night sky that we’ve named
And the way the late afternoon glow pooled bouncy on the concrete
Like the last drops of water from a plastic bottle
I wanted to share these things with you
Because when I see something beautiful you’re the first person I want to share it with
Anyway call me back if you wanna talk
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