#304 we've all been here before
who were you there\nall newness and warm\nunderneath the blanket\noutdoors\n\nwhat book\u2019s title was\nit that i couldn\u2019t write\neven though i tried a\nhundred times\n\ni tried a hundred times\nbut i couldn\u2019t remember\nthe words twisted\nand changed before me\n\ni was lost in a giant blue\naquarium moving past\nobedient schoolchildren\nand eels\n\npushed from behind\nby impatience late for\nclass i realized wouldn\u2019t\nmake it back\n\ni wouldn\u2019t make it back\nno matter how hard i tried\nto retrace my steps\neverything had changed\n\nepw 2.18.08 perrysburg, oh