Living Alone by Arundhathi Subramaniam
Living Alone
is about learning
to believe
things are as they appear,
that everyday has no
ulterior motive,
that every flicker of air against neck
does not spell a spectral presence,
about learning not to ask for more
than those long afternoons
gliding through rooms
and rooms
of vacant mind
recovered after years of subletting. Art by Sarah Schneider
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