monster in the chapel

from Ship Jumping by Nimra Peek

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when we were kids we found a stairwell
hidden behind piles of junk in the storage room at church.
we found room after room abandoned
frozen in time.
with sheet music still on the choir chairs, missing floorboards,
a pool table discarded mid-game.
that night I dreamt there was a monster in the chapel;
we ran upstairs trying to escape.

and now the whole thing feels distant like a dream.
the kind you try to keep yourself awake
to keep from falling back into.
everything is disassociated
like the space before you fall asleep
and forget who you are.

when I was thirteen I saw pike's peak.
took a picture at the top,
I hid the camera so that nobody could see.
I kept ever pencil, trinket, and hotel key
in a box next to my bed
and sat up every night consumed with the nostalgia.
the trip was mostly uneventful
but there was something about those memories..

and now the whole thing feels distant like a dream.
the kind you try to keep yourself awake
to keep from falling back into.
everything is disassociated
like the space before you fall asleep
and forget who you are.

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from Ship Jumping, released April 28, 2023

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