My Bedroom
I want to sleep, but...
I want to sleep, but
there are strangers in my bed; I
live on my friend’s couch.
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(drawing by my friend, Tong, of his couch)
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Sone Kramer
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I wanted to title this something different, but worried that my chosen title might cause problems entering the United States in the future so this is the new title. It's the greatest title. No one has ever written a title better than this. (All titles unrelated to content).
Let me be honest. I am finding this difficult. Now, I like a challenge, a stretch, a bit of an obstacle course. “Write about the decline of the British Empire in the form of a narrative poem in which your protagonist is an artichoke” I read, and flex my fingers. “Write a haiku to evoke the sensation of sibilance using only the first half of the alphabet.” “Well”, I think to myself, “this should be fun.” But “write about a system that isn’t working”? A system that isn’t working? Now? In 2026? ONE system? My favourite system that isn’t working? The sexiest system that isn’t working? The one giving me the most angst day to day? The one giving me the most existential dread? I am, as I say, finding this difficult. I will own that I have contemplated writing a thousand words on why the steady “all on” setting on my fairy lights is the EIGHTH of seven options which must be sequentially activated to get there, because that is a system that some fool came up with and it definitely doesn’t work, and now who is paying the price, eh? But how can I write about my fairy lights when…. When…. When….
By Hannah Moore4 days ago in Humans
Comments (15)
Great senryu and love the illustration. Congrats on your win!
😁 Hey, good one! Congrats on your runner up prize! 😊👏
Not the best way to make new friends - or maybe... LOL congratulations!
Congratulations!
Love this Senryu!
Haha! Yeah, that's awkward. lol! Love the image on this one!
I have been there
Relatable.
💓
Some people are so inconsiderate especially when there's floor that's perfectly good to sit on.
I always found it difficult to sleep in anyone's house. Still do. I'm too aware that, while walls really don't talk, sometimes, they do, and I just might hear every word.
Gotta love company.
Relateable and rough. yikes! love the image
I love it! 😂 Great Senryu!
Oh nooooo! That's definitely awkward. And inconvenient.