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In My Absence, Shaped Like Me

from Queerantine by Tawni Marshall

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Our time is brief so I'll be blunt,
I forgot the things I want while
chasing down the things we need.
And all that time I left behind
and all that life that I denied
was, in my absence, shaped like me.

I was needy. I was bored.
I was falling on my sword.
I was clicking through the ads - another dream I can't afford.
I cooked the books 'til they were soft enough to chew.

Our time is brief, but lives are long;
between the peaks, a tired song.
God help me, I can't help but sing.
'Til all the longing all day longing all day long
is all that's left that belongs to me.

I was flaky. I was coarse.
I was breaking from the force.
I was taking my first steps into regretting I was born
among the things that I was never meant to choose.

I might be what's left of someone else's death,
but I'm not too far gone to see
that all that life that I denied
was, in my absence, shaped like me...

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from Queerantine, released May 16, 2020

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