Perception Spring 2023

else for a while. Go boot up your poor long-suffering laptop, maybe,
and watch the newest episode of that show you like. Or re-organize
your rat’s nest of a dresser, which you really should’ve done ages
ago. Or write an essay about cyclical thoughts and being in a onepercent.
(That “one percent of the populace is asexual” statistic is
rather unsubstantiated, did you know that? From a 1940s study and
a 1990s survey, even the surveyor said there’s not enough data to
know for sure. How many other people out there, then, are burning
their dinners too?)
15. Go work until you’re hungry. Watch until you’re starved.
16. Lie awake with an empty plate on your chest. (What’s it matter?
What’s it matter? I’m here and I am, aren’t I?)
16a. (What does the rest matter, anyway?)
Siren's Call
Charles Gebbia
I miss seeing her
Up on that stage
The lights beaming down
Like she's the only star in the sky
The single guiding light
Beyond thousands of flickering souls
Commanding us
Controlling us
Sharing with us a story
That only she can tell
And yet her eyes only meet mine
No matter how big the audience
No matter how many fall to her spell
She sings for me
To me
My dearest
My muse
My love
I miss your voice
And long for it to call to me
Quietly
Serenely
Beckoning me home
To you
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