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tripping & skipping

you often wonder
standing on the edge
looking past horizontal signposts
how any of this could possibly change
anytime in the near future

but you know better
often resorting to escaping the present
ingrained into believing
leaving your body is an experience
far from impossible

as you skip from one place to the next
nobody seems to notice
whether you are coming or going
— especially those
who thought they knew you best





june two thousand twenty-three
copyright j matthew waters
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