trouble
By Michael Oliveira
my ocd me
requests you put it back where
you know it belongs
by that i imply
in exactly the same spot
facing the same way
cause if you don’t
it could trouble me all night
that i would not like
it’s equivalent
to having a pebble in
the shoe of my mind
this could have all been
avoided had you just left
well enough alone
Michael Oliveira has lived and worked on Martha’s Vineyard for decades. He currently lives in East Falmouth.
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