everything is awesome

"if you close your eyes and sit on the couch, me and wade will make you look more mature and smell good." - the kid i babysit

if my boss were dead, i would never go to work.

"am i making this up?"

a blind woman

with her seeing eye dog

sits silently 

across from me on the subway.

her eyes are closed; 

she seems to be sleeping

as we travel below the east river

from brooklyn into manhattan.

i change trains at chambers street.

i fall asleep

for a time.

i am roused by the name of my subway stop

being read over the intercom.

i open my eyes

and i see the blind woman in front of me

standing with her eyes closed.

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i don't want to do things that i don't want to do!