I look at floor plans
of insanely expensive rentals
in the town centre
my mother asked if I'd noticed
she said only an insane person
would pay that much
for such small apartments
in a town like this
but I measure the dressing table
my great-grandmother once sat at
and wonder if my bookshelves
would survive a move
or are they just as flimsy
as the legs I'm supposed to stand on
and decide which impossible path
is the one I should take
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