
Takahe by Stacey Teague

selections from Takahe by Stacey Teague
part one
in the morning i am on my laptop and i
don’t even realise that outside exists yet
i am in a forest and i forget everything else
I always have the best harry potter-related
dreams
the thing about you and me is that we are
not afraid to hurt each other
kindness is a good place to start
whilst talking about wisdom teeth i think
that my life doesn’t feel like my own life
home is wherever my macbook is
i’ve forgotten what my favourite things are
portable document format
today my flatmate was frying meat in a
pan and i thought the sizzling sounded like
a waterfall so i told my friends to close
their eyes and imagine that
i keep thinking about inner lives and about
sex and about how you fell off your chair
and we laughed for so long
1) something about what it means to let a
person into your inner life and them
letting you into theirs
2) i don’t think i felt interested in you until
after you did that
i feel very aware of the moon always, even
though you said it was cliche
the moon is a constant reminder that
human life is sad and beautiful and
temporary
my friend said something to me about
“pda” but she accidentally called it “pdf”
and i think we need to spend less time on
our computers
i look forward to fitting my whole life
in a suitcase
people always say to me “you must be
excited” and i say “yeah”
but it’s just another thing
new things to be worried about
to replace old things
part two
i keep snacks under the pillow next to my
pillow
thought “i like the world” and immediately
after thinking this, swerved to avoid
hitting a parked car
accidentally opened facebook twice in my
browser and said out loud “double
facebook” in a goofy accent
feel like being emotional is my livelihood
sometimes when i walk down the street i
close my eyes for as long as i can as an
exercise in fearlessness
i turn my music off to listen to the sound
of the rain
Takahe by Stacey Teague is now available from Scrambler Books.
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