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Antipodal

i want to go to the Taj Mahal  
to forget mistakes I've made  
stupid things I said when i was 20  
the job I was fired from  
my inability to crochet  
the man I should have married  

perfect symmetry  
is a treasure  
the Taj Mahal has it  
against a polluted sky  
in a strange country  
a billion people  
many too hungry  
to harbor neurotic thoughts  
 
a former coworker  
insufferfably pretentious  
dismissed the Taj  
as the world's most ornate body bag  
he had many other stupid thoughts  
some he was kind enough to not share  
 
some call the Taj Mahal  
a monument to love  
i call it  
something I've been obsessed with  
for decades  
including wanting to sculpt it  
out of shimmering Jello (red, maybe?)  
 
India is antipodal  
other side of the world  
other side of my mind  
 
i wish i were there now  
 
i want to go to the Taj Mahal  
 
i'll probably see a lot of younger people  
taking selfies  
of themselves  
seeing others seeing them  
in front of the Taj Mahal  
fishlips influencer smiles  
happiness optional  
barely seeing the monument at all  
tourists with phones, documenting away  
how many would be here    
were amnesia  
or the official  
end of the world  
around the corner  
if they could tell no one  
if memory didn't exist  
 
i want to be anonymous  
at the Taj Mahal  
no pictures at all  
they all look the same  
i want to be one of billions  
forget romantic injustices  
vicious remarks to my mother  
the time i dyed my hair  
tomato soup orange  
and stupidly liked it  
 
instead  
i want to see only symmetry  
devoid of discord  
free of distortion  
free of painful clarity  
free of everything  
i should have jettisoned  
out of the plane's window  
were such a thing possible  
 
i want to see symmetry  
now balanced by now  
 
and after that  
a new future  
antipodal  
to the past  
or one  
that may as well be  
 
 
 
 
Written by Pinkdreams
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