by Georgie Abel (photo by Dylan Hightower)
I was this close
To forgetting what it feels like
To sleep in a Walmart parking lot
Somewhere in between totally fine and
Rock bottom
But probably rock bottom because
You’re totally fine
Listening to Radiohead and eating barbecue chips
With the covers kicked off
Because it’s Wyoming, because it’s August
Look at you, your hair’s getting long,
You’re moving without thinking about it for three days straight
(That’s a charming new development!)
The summer’s buzz
Was loud enough to drop you down
Into your body
Like you’ve wanted for so long
And now that you’re there,
And you’ve quit telling yourself that you should really meditate and stretch and
Save the whole world
You can be totally fine
Sleeping in a Walmart parking lot
And come to think of it
That’s all you’ve been searching for all these years
To sing with the chorus
FOR A MINUTE THERE, I LOST MYSELF, I LOST MYSELF
Loud enough that someone might even tell you to keep it down,
Because it’s past midnight,
And there are other people trying to sleep
In a Walmart parking lot
Georgie Abel is a contributing editor to The Climbing Zine. She has recently released a new book of poetry called Go West Young Woman, available on Amazon.
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