Overdue

by sxxel · 02/02/2026
Published 02/02/2026 12:04

I was digging for the flat-head

under the menus and the dead batteries

when I found the blue plastic edge.


2012. The lamination is peeling back

like a scab that won't quite heal.

The signature on the back is mine


but the loops are too wide,

the ink faded into a ghost

of a person who actually had the time

to return what they borrowed.

#material decay #memory #procrastination #time

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