Light Switch
By Adam Cecil
there is a light switch in my bathroom that does not connect to anything.
i would like to think
(romantically)
that instead of being a dead switch,
it connects by a mile-long wire to a lightbulb in a woman’s apartment,
maybe in brooklyn.
i would like to think
that there is a light switch in her bathroom that does not connect to anything.
perhaps
she would like to think
(romantically)
that instead of merely being a dead switch,
it connects by a mile-long wire to a lightbulb in a man’s apartment,
maybe in harlem.
there is a light switch in my apartment that does not connect to anything.
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Adam Cecil is not an astronaut. He wears glasses and needs a haircut. Contact him on Twitter @fakeadamcecil. It’s all he has left.
Tina Yu studies English and Studio Art at NYU, where she also illustrates for several school publications. When she’s not with friends, Tina enjoys going to art museums, reading American classics and discovering new music.
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