Mending
Poem by Matthew Kim, Illustration by Mallika
TW: Non-graphic references to suicidal thoughts.
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I can’t breathe.
How scary the feeling of drowning is,
Ventilator!
Do not resist arrest.
The beds are full.
The minutes tick by.
in a place where there is no water. 14 days.
7:46.
I can’t work.
& sometimes hurt
Wear a mask.
Someone else will!
…No longer needed.
Readily replaced.
$600.
∞.
I can’t live.
Get help.
Get over it!
is a kind of mending.
Over the bridge I go,
to lose my mind and find my
where r u ruokay
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Live slowly. Die brazenly.