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Now you’re awake. So what? What can be done
about it now? The morning sun breaks in
and kills your dreams. Pry open your eyelids
and smile at nothing. Choose a breakfast. Choose
a drug. Perform your antiquated rites
of passage, absolution—indoor rain.
Blink at the mirror. Take a picture—it
will last longer. Wrap yourself in denim,
cotton, polyester, an overlay
of anonymity to ward away
the swishiness of who you really are.