Rent Free

You live in my mind rent free
No, no, not quite
You have your own street, your own boulevard,
Full of shops and even a bookstore
That chronicles all our old memories
And what could have been. 

You need to be bulldozed,
Not completely, just to the point where
I can no longer walk down your street. 
And where someone new can move in,
Someone who
Didn’t kick me out after three months.

Or, here’s an idea,
I have no one in my mind
Except for myself,
And while that’s kinda scary,
Being alone with my thoughts,
I might get used to it, in the end

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Emily Perry is currently finishing up her degrees in English and Digital Cinema. In addition to a full course load, she is also one of the editors for SOU’s student newspaper The Siskiyou, and one of the captains for SOU’s improv team The Next Best Thing. Somehow, she still finds time to write. She also likes to sleep, read, and go outside once in a while.