Affect/Effect

A poem inspired by the words of the bright and beautiful Poppy. Specifically, "2AM" and "Dandelions."

By Suze KayPublished 3 years ago • Updated 3 years ago • 1 min read

Come 2AM, I'll call to remind you:

No one is an empty sea. No one loves

no one, and no one is loved.

I affect the world and the world effects me.

Just pick up the phone. Plug into the current, and let me hold the lamp.

Can you feel the growing certainty that here is not yet right, too?

In the morning, a boy will sneeze in a grocery store

and we’ll need to sell all the furniture and live in a caravan line of RVs.

I try to make my peace with it. You can’t lose a lawn you never had,

but if you want it that badly it may already be lost. And after all,

dandelions grow just as well in parking lots.

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This little ditty was written in response to Poppy's prompts for January. Join the fun, why don't you?

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