Literary Orphans

Distractions by Nathaniel Sverlow

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constant migraine

 

pale sunlit window

 

wife’s eye swollen

and pink

 

no toast left

 

no coffee

 

no desire

 

to do anything

 

there’s football on TV

 

politics

 

both games played

poorly

 

and without shame

 

audibles

 

alternative facts

 

euphemisms often

 

a slow, confusing grind

to nothing

 

wife smiles

 

eye dripping

 

looks bad

 

infected

 

I haven’t taken care of her

like I should

 

at the hospital

we wait

 

I cross my legs

watch my shoelaces

 

hanging there

 

we need groceries

clean clothes

 

and something else

I can’t quite remember

 

it’s alright though

 

little distractions

such as these

 

are necessary

 

to keep

 

going

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Nathaniel Sverlow is a freelance writer of poetry and prose. He was born in 1983 in San Diego, California and has since spent most of his time hunched over a laptop randomly pressing keys. He currently resides in the Sacramento area with four cats, two roommates, and one incredibly supportive wife.

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