How I Affirm That This is All Real, poem by Karlo Sevilla at Spillwords.com
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How I Affirm That This is All Real

How I Affirm That This is All Real

written by: Karlo Sevilla

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Barefoot with a glass of water in my hand,
I stand by our dining table and curl
my left big toe against the wooden floor—hard!
—and feel the solidity rise and press back
my gelatinous flesh until it meets
the phalangeal density
to steady me.

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