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Tuesday, April 12, 2022

when


by genghis gilgamesh



when was the last time
you climbed a tree
to get an apple or a banana

when was the last time
you walked through the woods for a day
looking for a dead animal to eat

when was the last time
you sharpened a stick with a stone
to make a spear

when was the last time
you caught a fish
with your hands

when was the last time
you milked a cow
or a goat or a yak

when was the last time
you chased a runaway pig or chicken
down a dusty road

when was the last time
you stormed a castle
and had boiling oil poured on your head

when was the last time
you were hanged
or burned at the stake or guillotined

when was the last time
you fought with a sword
or a bayonet

have you ever seen
a sword or a bayonet
except in pictures

when was the last time
you wrote a letter or read the bible
by the light of an oil lamp

when was the last time
you walked five miles to the village
or hitchhiked

when was the last time
you got on an airplane
without any i d

when was the last time
you went outdoors
without your phone

when was the last time
you went out of your room
without your phone

have you ever
been outdoors
without your phone

when did you first realize
you were no longer a so-called person
but just part of the …

whatever
maybe you have never been
a so-called person

would you like to be one
do you ever wonder what it was like
do you wonder now what it might be like

sometimes i try to remember
but it was not
really all that great



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