lifeinpoetry:

You are almost living.
You say hello to me quietly.
What is success? Meat? Pastries?
Cigarettes? The cessation of
Communion with self?
I want to be eaten
By an ivory tower,
Devoured by the power
Of my own solitude.

— Jennifer Tseng, from “Dear Nainai,” published in Poem-a-Day

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