Shelves – Another Mildly Creative Poem

I‘m beginning to see
that I like these things,
don’t care so much for those things,
that I like feeling this way,
that I’m tired of feeling that way,
and that while I’m remembering what this one said
I could forget about what that one said
and be none the poorer.

I’m also starting to realize
that all the things I thought I should be doing
are the figment of someone else’s imagination,
something they dreamed up for me
to make their lives a little smoother,
to render me comprehensible,
neatly wrapped in see-through plastic
and perfectly sized for placement
in an empty spot on the top left corner
of some shelves they built one summer
while constructing their universe.

I’d love to help them but I’ve been too busy
tearing out the shelves in my own little world
to make room for a mural
which I’ll then cover with a collage
on which I’ll write a story, complete with pictures,
to lean against while I practice some instrument
and sing about all the things I saw
while walking to the store.

Audio Version: Mildly Creative Poetry – Shelves

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