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impatient MAG
May 22, 2013
we tried
to take the shorter way
back home, but instead
we bumped into the
night train, carrying
cargo and slinking heavily
past our rain-covered
car windows
for fifteen minutes
minutes before, i held
the picture of the
idyllic college campus
between my thumb
and forefinger
watched the guidelines
turn into snakes, writhing
beneath my skin
and wondered if i'd ever
get anywhere, and this
this is how i realized
that shortcuts
don't make anything
easier
© Rachel B., San Diego, CA
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