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Sleepless
Catalina Lassen
I
lay
in bed
chalk body outline
legs
hot and long
beneath blankets
so thick
suffocating
eyes open
wide
watching
ceiling shadows
panes of pale
light
silent
shifting
cars passing
high beams
beaming
remind me of
city nights
desolate
tires on
wet roads
remind
me of
youth
godforsaken
awake
alone
yearning
Catalina Lassen is a writer and visual artist who has previously been published in Cicada, and is an alum of the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. She lives and works near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and has had her visual work exhibited at galleries across the tri-state area.
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