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poetry by j matthew waters

starting something


so I started this poem
before I fell asleep last night
rearranging the words
in such a way
[trying to convince myself]
I wouldn’t forget them
come morning

but guess what
birdsong woke me up
long after the alarm
& there I lay
the world passing me by
eyes blinking
quickly catching up





november two thousand twenty-three
copyright j matthew waters
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7 thoughts on “starting something

  1. Beautiful and relatable, John.

  2. jmbhatt's avatarjmbhatt on said:

    Refreshing & beautiful

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