A good wave from a hand is hard to come by.
I should know. I do know.
You don’t want to know about the left hand.
The trouble I tend to dive into.
I am followed into the bathroom.
Trouble leaves dirty handprints on the walls.
I yank old memories from the sink,
like long hair clogging a drain.
The putrid smell doesn’t stay in one place.
It follows me into the kitchen.
The chair I sit on, and the table I eat from
have chunks missing from the legs and edges.
I do not see any food on the surface.
My fingers grip an empty fork.
I should let the fork drop to the floor.
It won’t break. Thick plastic is strong.
I will keep it in case I need to use it for later.
The trouble grows in my stomach.
My hand covers the hidden pain.
I don’t know what is in the drain.









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