"We repeat a process of hoping our bodies to the future though for now mine eats cucumbers in bed. I..."

“We repeat a process of hoping our bodies
to the future though for now mine
eats cucumbers in bed. I had a dream
about a crystal blue pool.
I felt stupid when I saw the ocean.”

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Wendy Xu, “The News,” via the Poetry Foundation (via arabellesicardi)

i think this is the second most important poem i have ever read, it is in my bones now 

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