I look around for a map, spying one across the way on the corner of an intersection. Upon reaching it, I forget about my cause for a second to admire the scuff marks, etchings, and partially torn-off stickers that adorn its frame. Remembering myself, I scan over the street names until I spot an awkwardly overlaid blot representing my position. “You are here,” is all it said.

And the blot certainly did not lie. I was in fact there (here?) on the corner of Inter and Section, standing perplexed in front of the map, which not only assured me of where I was, but also informed me of all the places I could go. Overwhelmed, I looked feverishly for the blot once more. “You are here.” The words offered comfort now.

“You are here.” The phrase echoes around in my head. To be here is to not be anywhere else. Everywhere you’ve been has led to where you are now, and anywhere you could go relies on what you do here, now. “Here” feels both infinite and finite, like a continuous stream that waits, but never asks for your participation.

Now this “here” is over.

I find myself not where I was.
I find I stay more than I go.

Ugh, those pleasures.

I find myself not where I was.
I find I stay more than I go.
I keep seeing the same four corners of this block. I get easily mixed up.
I keep seeing the same four corners of this block. I get easily mixed up.
Losing track of direction puts me right back where I started.
Losing track of perfection shouldn’t stop my movement forward.
I keep seeing the same four corners of this block. I get easily mixed up.
I keep seeing the same four corners of this block. I get easily mixed up.
I find myself not where I was.
I find I stay more than I go.

Now “later” is here.

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from is an egg, released June 25, 2016

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