Incessant humming

Slight discomfort

A need to excrete coupled with

lazy feet

Impromptu dances

all by myself

compulsive eating

let the cereal boxes pile up

smiling at blackouts

because they do not make me sweat here

finding metaphors when I see

my first rat in a foreign land

hearing someone toss their trash

at 2:15 am

wondering why they're still up

smiles laced with fear

thinking of all the souls

that lie awake with me in this tiny building

only listening to the

incessant humming.