Poems

Aryan Ganjavi: ‘A bad day from start to finish’, ‘if you know what I mean…’ and ‘the miracle’

A bad day from start to finish Nostalgia burns the tongue and leaves a bitter taste. No more sweet days! The sun fell and melted like ice cream, covering my shoes and pulling me in like a swamp. I cannot breathe— eternal sleep please eternal sleep please. Now Yesterday and Forever. Aryan Ganjavi   if you know what I mean… I must let it out, I have had no outlet for days, it has been stirring in me like a stew, a sickly yellow one full of thoughts and feelings, those that I cannot or should not verbalise … I…

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