The wall calendar

by Luc · 01/12/2025
Published 01/12/2025 14:39

The wall calendar.

A grid of small squares.

Each one dark.

Black marker,

bleeding into the paper grain.

Appointments,

deadlines,

the names I meant to call

and didn't.

A circled date

like a bruise.

Another month

already gone.

The list

keeps growing.

#missed connections #mortality #time

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