Untitled #154 (2015)

i’m setting up a wireless router for work,
and every time i fuck it up:

         paperclip in the hole for ten seconds
        factory reset
        like nothing happened
        try again.
        again.

now i’m half a block from it
running diagnostics on my phone
and maybe what i’m saying
is that in this day and age
distance is only what we make of it

                   or hell
                  maybe i’m talkin’ about
                   the appeal of loving someone
                  solely for their self-image
                  not who i see every day
                  but the way they sound inside their head

you’re on the beach today,
reading Terry Goodkind (frustrating as he can be)
taking in the sun,

 i’m a little jealous of both
 because one gets your attention
 and the other gets to touch you
          but what do emotions really know?

paperclip
ten seconds

reset.

off the top of my head
i know four different ways to delete text in an editor
because my backspace keeps wearing out
every time i try to write how much i love you

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