The Slot

by Maeemi · 26/02/2026
Published 26/02/2026 11:09

The crusts of the bread are dry and they're thick.

The silence in here is making me sick.

I eat over the sink so I don't have to sweep.

The promises made are the ones I don't keep.


One blue candle in a saucer of beans.

I’m living way past my emotional means.

It’s 11:45 and I’m thirty-two.

The wax on the plate is beginning to blue.

#domestic fatigue #emotional exhaustion #midlife crisis #unkept promises

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