what's missing

Gravity is screwed

up--nothing stays

when put down

like the class

outcast, or else

seems so heavy

it won't budge. Sit

in your room, not sent,

& wait for weightlessness

to overtake you.

Patience is almost

impossible. You've lost

something, something

dear, but won't look

for fear you'll find

what's missing. Wait

& like a nose it might

turn up. You hate

how your hands become

thumbs, your voice barking,

then breaking

a window. Wait.

[Kevin Young, 'Adolescence', in Dear Darkness]