when boiled down, there is only you and i

by Jordan Trethewey

“I am gonna make it through this year if it kills me.”

- The Mountain Goats, This Year

When boiled down, there is only you and I.

There is no Before. I am

changed. You are always gonna

happen. I make

word puzzles in search of it—

meaning. It can’t all be through

sheer happenstance. If this

is the case, let me make music this year.

Learn how sound works to soothe. If

everything is random, I’ll awake with it,

a guitar in my hands. Melodic vibration kills

loneliness. Saves me.

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