Routine

Otba
Oct 5, 2024

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Photo by Florencia Viadana on Unsplash

Poem

“You go out… Like every morning

you try to fill a hole in your heart

created by a nightmare last night…

while you wear a plastic smile

that you distribute to the faces of passersby

In an attempt to appear as a happy man…

You put in your pocket the thirty-third disappointment

hiding it well so that one doesn’t accidentally fall out

six… seven hours… eight hours…

You return home

stand in front of your mirror / take off your skin

There is nothing but the clothes you used to wrap your bones

And the rest is just emptiness

It is a terrible thing that you … are not you.”

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Otba
Otba

Written by Otba

Writer, poet, translator, member of international literary associations and activist

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