i slept until 12:30 while my family went on a trip
to a small grey coast with ten small grey seahorses
poking their heads out of the water in an attempt to be loved
i read nathanael west for five straight hours
stopping only once to drink rooibos tea
i used to think invaluable was the opposite of valuable
i still use it that way, if i’m sad or discouraged
and feel happy when people tell me it’s wrong
sincerity is invaluable
and sincerity is a small grey seahorse
poking his head out, saying
at the top of his voice,
“this is it,
this is it.”
