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anxious

April 25, 2023
By whitneykoetter SILVER, Borden, Indiana
whitneykoetter SILVER, Borden, Indiana
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 my nails, burning and red I bite

Looking left and right  

Down straight lines of yellow streetlights

Dark empty highway

A quiet Friday

 

I turn left, driving past old, rusted barns

Still biting my fingers

Cigarette smoke lingers

My skin now bleeding and red

I speed home faster to get to my bed

Adjusting the mirror, I see a fed

Behind me, Lights red and blue

My cuticles I still chew

 

Pulling over on the bumpy gravel shoulder

I reach into my cup holder

My unorganized wallet, I rummage through

“license and registration”

He doesn’t look patient


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