Self Written Poems // Editorial

A Skit & An Ode to Gertrude

Elif Hayran

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A skin is a home, one that is compulsory, one one can never move out from, one one can though rent. Curtains can be hung or left out Through its windows it shows neighbouring houses and one dreams of moving to a fancier neighbourhood one day

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A skin without a soul in it is a fashion item, looks good on the runway A skin with a soul in it is a trend-setter On a skin there is hairs to pluck, hairs to grow, hairs to groom, hairs to shave, hairs to pull, hairs to stroke

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On a skin grows roses, grows apple-trees, grows peaches, grows thistles and cactuses On a skin tumble weeds tumble Inside the skin there is all sorts of liquids

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Under a skin, there are nerve ends A skin bruises, blushes, sweats

gets

rashes,

A skin

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expandsandloosens, expandsandloosens, expandsandloosens, expandsandloosens,

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and loosens

A Jacket.

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A jacket is made of what is necessary to cover any naked arms If an example were necessary, the plainer it is cut the more reason there is for some outward recognition that there is a result A pricey jacket is made so m et im e s a n d th e m t

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eatly and to have th up mak e e p o c s k ets stufed it necessary to e thread us

To have plaids, to be lighter than some weight, to attend a summer festival, to turn brown and not curious, to be wealthy, jackets are established by rainy days and by hand sewn patches

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A custom which is necessary when a jacket is worn is that a large part of the time it needs to be combined with pants

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Left unworn, to be left forgotten, to be left hung, to be circulating in spring and fall and sick color that is pink that is cloudy and red shows, to be sure fabric do contain a few burn marks sooner than a fade in color Wrinkled, to be wrinkled means that pattern is stripy and the buttons buttons that are grey are tar color after dust is washed of, then it is a sad choice that is to say it is fitting bodies sooner than a hug Coverage, why have coverage even become a construct, why is modesty casualty of arrogance, why is virtue blatantly distorted, if it is not is there any result, slowly more than ever, fairly less than never

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A Tuesday morning is not the best day to make any decisions.

Decisions badmouth the reasons

A Tuesday morning does not shy away from mirrors, mirrors A Wednesday mirror the worries of a Wednesday morning morning badmouths the pen and the knife

A Tuesday morning arises and arises with grace Dragging itself from the dawn, tries to find empty spots on the floor, floor that are not covered with Monday evening A Tuesday morning is the aftermath of a Monday evening A Tuesday morning secretly badmouths the sun A Monday evening openly badmouths the cockroaches

A Tuesday morning is the frenemy of an undone bed that swears unheard curses in an unimaginable manner

On a Tuesday morning, the weather is blue, the room temperature is yellow, yellow that does not discriminate

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T u e s d a y Mornings.

T u e s d a y Evening .

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A Tuesday evening is the aftermath of a Tuesday morning that is still coloured wine that is still bitter that is still tender that is still better

She is he with an S S as in Serotonin He with an S is she She as in Shrine She without he is an S S as in Satin An S with an end is Sand Sand without an S is and and and This makes sand

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Sisyphus

On Tuesday Mornings she wakes up very early On Tuesday mornings, the weather is blue, the room temperature is yellow, yellow that does not discriminate On Tuesday mornings she colours her eyes blue On Tuesday mornings she drags herself from the dawn, tries to find empty spots on the floor, floor that are not covered with Monday evening A Tuesday morning is the aftermath of a Monday evening A Tuesday morning secretly badmouths the sun A Monday evening openly badmouths the cockroaches On Tuesday mornings she badmouths Sisyphus On Tuesday mornings it is best to not make any decisions Decisions badmouth the reasons On Tuesday mornings she decides not to badmouth her mother On Tuesday mornings she does not shy away from mirrors, mirrors mirror the worries of Wednesday mornings Wednesday mornings badmouth the pen and the knife On Tuesday mornings she badmouths Wednesday mornings On Tuesday mornings she gets rashes on her skin A skin is a home, one that is compulsory, one one can never move out from, one one can though rent Curtains can be hung or left out Through its windows it shows neighbouring houses and one dreams of moving to a fancier neighbourhood one day On Tuesday nights she dreams she was living in Araf On Tuesday mornings she badmouths Araf On Tuesday Mornings she just does her eyebrows On a skin there is hairs to pluck, hairs to grow, hairs to groom, hairs to shave, hairs to pull, hairs to stroke On Tuesday mornings she just does her eyebrows just just On Tuesday Mornings she always wears the same Jacket A jacket is made of what is necessary to cover any naked arms The plainer it is cut the more reason there is for some outward recognition that there is a result A pricey jacket is made sometimes and them to see to see to it neatly and to have the pockets stufed up makes it necessary to use thread A custom which is necessary when a jacket is worn is that a large part of the time it needs to be combined with pants On Tuesday mornings she combines her Jacket with skirts On one particular Tuesday morning she hurt he She was called Lily and he was called Wickie and Lily was Wickie Wednesday was icky Wickie then moved to Hawai’i Everything was so silly On one particular Tuesday morning destiny badmouthed Lily

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ex it, in ex it ev ery

is resting, in exit something is cheering, in exit there is a skit.

On the inside there is hex, in the morning there is star, in the evening

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by Elif Hayran