Mattering (after this article)
A. Melo
What do you mean? To myself?
Food is scarce and the sky
is about to be my shelter,
I'm afraid.
What does attunement mean?
I never heard that word before.
I don't make money—
So they say I don't make meaning.
Do you now I'm depressed?
There's also something called GAD,
which means I don't get to sleep, ever.
"You're not a victim," they say. And ask:
"What's the matter?"
The trees, the trees have vanished,
I answer.