human(right)

nothing dramatic - just the architecture of damage

first.day(of.December);
i.stir(in.sleep);
searching(for.substance);
dreams.tearing(at.seams);

clouded(with.clarity);
i.watch.myself;
standing.next.to(bed);
glaring.at(poking.head.with.contempt);
stagnant & fragmented;

all_three.versions(duplicated.meat.suits);
unpredictable;
confusion.frozen;
doubt.exhausted;

testing(air.for.answer);
disappointing.myself(on.purpose);
i’ve.been.through.it_many.times—
an.athlete(at.being_wrong.well);
trust > none <

she.remembers
me.trying.so.hard(to.forget.myself);

a.ripple(of.slow.translation)
returns.from(shadow.frame);

each.version(tilting.slightly);
repeating.lie:
you.are.here;

neighbours.notified
that.i.human(right);
room.reboots(three.into.one);

breathing.architecture(of.damage);
different.kind(of.miracle);