Waiting for challenge results
is like waiting for biopsy results.
The fear, the worry, the anticipation
growing exponentially with every
tick of the clock.
Check, refresh, reload.
Nothing.
Oh, look: a leaderboard,
and I’m not present.
Maybe I vanished, evaporated into
this waiting place, the one Dr. Seuss warned us about.
I don’t like it here, in this vast, dark ignorance of waiting, wondering
when a post will put me out of
or more deeply into
this misery.
About the Creator
Harper Lewis
I'm a weirdo nerd who’s extremely subversive. I like rocks, incense, and all kinds of witchy stuff. Intrusive rhyme bothers me.
I’m known as Dena Brown to the revenuers and pollsters.
MA English literature, College of Charleston
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Comments (2)
they just love keeping us waiting
At least you have a chance, and you will get at least a place if not a win. Love your words and music choice