{"id":49174,"date":"2019-06-22T13:24:08","date_gmt":"2019-06-22T17:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=49174"},"modified":"2019-06-22T13:24:08","modified_gmt":"2019-06-22T17:24:08","slug":"too-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/too-close\/","title":{"rendered":"Too close"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everything in this city is just too close to me<\/p>\n

Too loud, too dirty, too bright, too tall<\/p>\n

But most importantly,<\/p>\n

Every on this fucking subway is too close to me<\/p>\n

I am sitting<\/p>\n

The man spreading his legs wide, arguing about fantasy football over text on my left<\/p>\n

The woman with thicc thighs watching tv on her phone to my right<\/p>\n

The fifty or so people crammed in front of me, arms and shoulders all presses together<\/p>\n

Pretending that they aren’t screaming internally<\/p>\n

The middle aged man wearing ill fitting trousers has his crotch right in my face<\/p>\n

Everyone is way too close<\/p>\n

I can smell them<\/p>\n

Someone needs to shower bad<\/p>\n

Oh for ducks sake someone farted<\/p>\n

The putrid smell is slowly taking over<\/p>\n

What did they eat last night???<\/p>\n

I can feel their flesh pressing up against mine<\/p>\n

This is way more intimate than I want to go, they haven’t even bought me dinner yet<\/p>\n

A sneeze<\/p>\n

Great<\/p>\n

Now we are all sick<\/p>\n

I hate this city<\/p>\n

And I hate this subway car<\/p>\n

Oh shit, it’s my stop. Gotta get off<\/p>\n

Until next time train.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I will not miss you<\/p>\n

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