this emotion was a little e-book
by Tao Lin

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i have high self-esteem and it’s making me stare

from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. i ate things and listened to music

someone else was feeling careful and it was making me careful

remember when i burned down someone’s house?—i was eight

someone was dreaming of careful sizes and it was making me eight

from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. i stared at my poetry—it was making me burn

the hamster was making me laugh—i was eight

someone else was eight and it was making me stare

suddenly the peanut butter was making me sad—i was hungry?

from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. i listened carefully to someone else’s house

i woke up staring

carefully i moved to 9 p.m.

someone’s dream was in my poetry and it was making me careful

already i was eating things

peanut things?