disorderly- asylum door #12

By anathema

abu*lia

(noun)

: abnormal lack of ability to act or to make decisions characteristic of certain psychotic and neurotic conditions.

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i step out the door

left || right
right ||left

and i try to decide
which way i want to go today
and am i hungry
or thirsty

food || drink
drink || food

and what time is is
anyway?
maybe i ought to wait
a little while

now || later
later || now

before i eat
in cause i want
to go swimming

swim ||stay
stay ||swim

but what if there
are people
i don't like there?
i might want
to avoid them

encounter || avoid
avoid || encounter

so i think about it

yes || no
no || yes

and i decide to go inside
and sit
and maybe watch
a movie

comedy || drama
drama ||comedy

at last
i just feel
so
so
tired

so i take a little
nap

over covers || under covers
under covers || over covers

not
exactly
indecisive

yes i am || no i'm not
no i'm not || yes i am

i just have
a little
trouble
making up my mind

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Copyright 2003 *anathema*
Published on Wednesday, July 9, 2003.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • flying_fox On Wednesday, March 10, 2004, flying_fox (573)By person wrote:

    wow - this is something I've never heard of... you are opening my eyes in the most gut-wrenching way. Fox

  • ariadne On Tuesday, March 9, 2004, ariadne (7)By person wrote:

    um...fuck. brilliant. (this is my fourth asylum door)

  • SilentStalker On Tuesday, September 16, 2003, SilentStalker (1066)By person wrote:

    This is....wow, you make me worry about my own decision-making process. Wow... Scholar

  • A former member wrote: Gods. I'm a Libra so it comes naturally, but that sounds even worse. Scholar

  • anathema On Wednesday, July 9, 2003, anathema (50)By person wrote:

    simple things like deciding what to wear today, or what to drink, used to take hours. and i mean hours.

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