The Tenth of November

 

It's the tenth of November

 

The body is ambling toward 75

 

All new days

(this day, the as of now six and half hour long tenth day of the month)

start to feel gradually more unlikely,

like extra dividends

 

and my – before it appeared -

implausible cohabitation with Anna in Northbothnia,

on a farm with horses, bordering the wilderness,

feels like an unreal grace

where night trains go across the marshes

 

It's the tenth of November,

the cat calls me from down the staircase,

and a future day, the name of which I don't know,

is the front door of this life,

through which I will be thrown out,

like a cat who's about to vomit





Poetry by Ingvar Loco Nordin The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2023-11-10 at 13:17

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Sameen The PoetBay support member heart!
That last stanza is everything. Fuck.

I really like the tone of this poem. It wears the vibe of forlorn-ness well.
2023-11-10