in my natural habitat - hedgie choi

[luckyzukky]

It did occur to me, yes
that babyhood is a good time
to demand boundless love

not because you are helpless
but because you are harmless.

This was at Duval and 38th right after someone honked at me because the

 ‎ ‎light was green

and had been for some time.

I was on my bike, trying to grow back into something
I had grown out of, like a hermit crab rewound.

Did you know those little guys get in a line according to size so they can

 ‎ ‎move into a shell that fits in quick succession and minimize the time

 ‎ ‎they are exposed and homeless? I watched a video of this narrated by

 ‎ ‎David Attenborough—they form an orderly queue for the exchange.

Remarkable.

But in this video
one latecomer
muscles his way in
and steals the last crab’s shell.

Remarkable.
I mean the hate I feel.

Do you know what color the light has been
in my life, generally?

You know already that I did not
really turn around and say this
to the teenager in the car.

You do not need to be told how little happened.

(hedgie choi)
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