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How to Die 101

By MayaRose Mason

Be both the Milky Way

And the Andromeda

Spiraling into each other

Until it bursts

Be the artificial supernova

For others to admire

From afar

Safely,

Behind their sunglasses.

 

That’s how life started,

You know.

 

II.

Bridges were first built

From wooden planks

Then stone

Then steel

And now they stand

Limitless

Toying with our human abuse and

Gas choking vehicles

They chatter

And whistle

And sometimes even sing to the water

That pushes against their towers.

 

If I were to die

How I would like to be reborn

As a bridge

 

III.

I have created nine different

Google accounts.

I have to decide who I am

Every time an application

Asks for my email address.

And still,

I am not satisfied.

Still, I find my mouse hovering

Over the

“Create A New Account” button

Telling myself that this time

It’ll last.

 

My dreams

And my ambitions

Sometimes make me wish I were so unhappy that

I could buy the first train ticket to nowhere.

 

Unfortunately,

I’m quite happy with how I am now.

 

I find life to be intangible

Summarized in infinite street signs

Scars on legs

Bird poop dripping through hair

 

I die again

And again and again

Every time I walk around the corner

And notice something new.

I am no longer the same me

I was before.

 

Against my better judgment

I talk about life

As if it is mine to have.

 

 

Maya Mason has been published in her school’s literary magazine, Eddas, three times in Creative Communications, and once for Falling for the Story. She loves dogs and the color pink, and takes inspiration from the people around her for her writing.

 

 

MayaRose Mason has been published in her school’s literary magazine, Eddas, three times in Creative Communications, and once for Falling for the Story. She loves dogs and the color pink, and takes inspiration from the people around her for her writing.

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