vulnerable and stuck
on the way to first lesson
taking the short-cut over
the main stairwell, narrow
foot-ledge, I cannot
continue, don’t look down,
I cannot go back, “I need
help, get a teacher” and
I am not ashamed to
call out loud, no one
does, I cannot go back,
a teacher passes, I
cannot remember her
name “I need help”;
I realise there is a balcony-
corridor behind the ledge,
safety partition is loose,
I can lean back into it,
break the screen, fall
back, no more fear
————w(O)rmholes________________________________|—–
career wormhole: circuitry
dream wormhole: breathing through hypnagogia
letting go wormhole: place
passing wormhole: and // do your ears burn red?
speech wormhole: Sandwich
stairs wormhole: is this it // all the time
teaching wormhole: I turn to wake up
Hmmm. I’ve had anxiety dreams like these, although mine never end well.
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hmmm … a week later I didn’t return to school for the final time; now I am retired, but sooner than I should have been … I suppose that’s well
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There are pros and cons to retiring early. I’m glad you didn’t retire from writing.
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ahh, you’re a sweetie
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Agreed.
Or perhaps a greed.
I’m greedy.
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well, thanks for reeding
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