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You might as well change everything, he drawls

Then bares his awful little teeth at me

As long as you keep smiling at old ladies

He says, turning away

And looking over his feathery neck

And picking up litter

You’re home

Keep saluting bees

And shaking yourself to sleep at night

Trying to swap out i want for i noticed

Being unforgivable and yet daily, forgiven

Your hands were once no bigger than a clementine

Now you’re sitting in pub gardens shrinking miracles

Enjoy the lack of a palpable apocalypse

Keep stubbing your toe on the coffee table

And forgetting your keys

Saying something once a month

That you shudder to think of

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For feedback - this is a very draft-y draft, a fragment of something that could be a longer piece. I’m interested to hear how it lands with people and which aspects feel like they want continuing/developing. Particularly interested in feedback from other poets/people who read a lot of poetry!