Twenty-Eight
By: Aviantei
How many days has it been?
I can count them easily:
onetwothreefourfivesixseven
times three.
That's twenty-one days
Without seeing a sun set
or rise.
My sleeping's been haywire:
passing out in broad daylight
waking up at nine-am precisely
on the pavement;
the summer sun was already high.
But
onetwothreefourfivesixseven
days later
I'm awake
watching this run rise over
the apartments across the street,
the billboards promoting Lapin Angelique
and Gatito, the sidewalks
where even now newspapers are delivered
and the heading signals the end of August
where the sun will shine on the statue
where I promised to meet with all of you.
[Author's Notes]
A post-game Neku reflection written during my Master's poetry class. Posted as part of my celebration of ten years of fanfiction anniversary, with more on the way in 2019, as well as the debut of my multi-chapter TWEWY fic Muse debuting tomorrow! Please look forward to it!
-Avi
[12.25.2018]