something from my notes app

alexa smith | Fall 2021

I hope these words wander into your brain and make themselves at home. Maybe they'll make themselves a cup of coffee and peruse through your short term memory. Maybe they will look at the coffee table book of the memory of you falling off your scooter when you were eight and crying because you were embarrassed not because you were hurt. Maybe they will become acquainted with the song that’s been stuck in your head for the past couple days. Maybe they will audition for a role in your dreams tonight. They might fluff up the cushions of your subconscious or smoke a cigarette with your favorite childhood stuffed animal. Or maybe you don’t like smoke in your brain and in that case, the words will kindly excuse themselves and find another gaze to inhabit. However, when they accidentally leave their wallet or their perfume, maybe they wanted a reason for you to remember them after they’ve left.