Inadequake

Feels like

Cristina Cmn
iPoetry
Jan 13, 2023

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Unintended street poetry, Melbourne

No mask thick enough,
no clothes oversized enough,
no noise loud enough, and
no blanket large enough.

Nothing is numbing enough to cover the sense of inadequacy that stretches from my thoughts through to my words, up to my split-ends and down to the depth of my guts.

Inadequacy is an earthquake shaking from the foundations up, except that the shelter you run from is the shelter you run for.

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Cristina Cmn
iPoetry

Before the straightjacket feels comfortable again, I hit "publish", then, ca va sans dire, I re-edit my heart out until it is good enough.