POETRY
Forgetting How To Be Human
Forgetting how to be
How to be human
I spent five minutes trying to put on a bra
Convinced my breasts were on my back.
We went out to Home Depot
And both forgot to bring wallets
Basic hygiene is questionable
Metrocards seem non-essential
I scurry away from my unmasked neighbors
Make excuses for my hair to the doorman
My eyeballs hurt, vaporized by sunshine
preferring the dim gleam of my multiple devices.
It’s not like we haven’t been hustling
But we haven’t been outside
Except for my deployment and those days are a blur of sweat and scrubs
(Your health is never questioned when you’re in uniform)
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