Aurora 2024

Al Groves

Jonathan Edwards, the Zeitgeist and I Walk into A Bar... I am a current going with and pushing at the ghost of time. When I get up in the morning I eat an apple – whole – starting from the core and then making my way to the outside.

I do this every day: the day before today, the day before tomorrow, … tomorrow.

It will begin with the ERR ERR ERR of my alarm. then I will mash my hands into my eyes, trying to claw out the lingering bits of sleep and when I finish I will look over to my dresser where my red adonis will lay waiting for me glowing in the morning haze “come here! I need you! I want you!” will call the apple and I will smack my tongue against the roof of my mouth trying to decide if the sweet juices of an apple will help or worsen

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