Untitled {you woke up yesterday}
you woke up yesterday and did not expect to die
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so of course the night seemed different, smiling
before sleeping you sighed, and then
and then, and then? Tomorrow you will
look in a glass and nearly trip
startled by your own beauty
outlined by the sun.
“sometimes”
sometimes
it is that
simple
: to survive
this blood-drenched crawling
wailing life is not possible
and neither is
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blinking through scars
into a beaming sun without forgetting
start with simple: living
is not possible
without life
Editor’s Note: King’s “untitled” poem was published in Rock | Salt | Stone by Nightboat in 2014, and “sometimes” is included in a collection, All the Rage to be published by Nightboat in 2021.
Source: Hyperallergic.com