(timed freewrite, 5 mins)

STRANGERS AT HOME :: ::

if i am sleeping am i inside my body — when am i floating above — when am i certain in my dreams — am i at home in strangeness the moment i awake — is my home inside my body or floating above, outside, somewhere in the doorway — am i watching myself — am i listening to my own strangeness or someone else’s — some culmination of many else’s — their strangeness next to me, making a mark, on top or somewhere inside — if i am asleep and walking backwards can i pass the strangeness as it walks forwards? — can i for a moment turn my head to face it — that moment in passing? — silent — can i listen inside it? — what spaces — what forms — what shape — what weight on my back — my weight is home because i can feel it, right? — i can feel it, right? — i can feel it, right? — i can feel it, right? — i can feel it, right?