TODAY

By Rebekah Barnes 

The button of my sweater is ringing 
against my water bottle, announcing that
the time is 12:27 and the guy who lives
in the Hannon Library is watching me 
                                                                               again.

Today he is reading the Epoch Times
                                                                               womp womp

But anyways, like always, nothing interesting happens
here in Ashland. Trust me I keep checking,
and my friends keep checking 
                                                                    but nope.

            Although I do know there is a ZYN pouch 
            on the wall in the bathroom in the Science Building
            which is not the kind of thing I'm used 
            to seeing at an establishment as fine as this one.

I am used to seeing the guy who lives in the library wiggle
his toes over the edge while we pretend he is invisible.