Uncoupled

by Mae Grey · 22/12/2025
Published 22/12/2025 10:14

The thunder shook the floor lamp out.

I dragged the wire across the rug,

kneeling where the paint is chipped.


Two black slits in the beige.

Empty sockets, staring back

like a pair of blind eyes.

The wall is a face

that forgot my name.

#alienation #brokenness #domestic emptiness #identity loss #loneliness

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