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by Eliomor
· 24/03/2026
Published 24/03/2026 15:13
I was looking for the flathead driver
to fix the cabinet under the sink.
My hand hit the stiff, blue texture
of a person I don’t recognize anymore.
There’s my forehead, glossy and young,
shining under the post office lights.
The lamination is lifting at the corner,
a thin bubble of air where a stamp should be.
It expired three years ago in June.
I haven’t crossed a line since the world shifted,
and now I’m holding a dead document
that says I’m allowed to go nowhere.