{N-dimethyltryptamine}

From a 2020, 24 hour Poetry Marathon that I participated in. I wrote one poem each hour for 24 hours straight. There was no prompt for this poem

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I'm invoking my DMT

so I can float in a sea of bliss

so that I can escape from all of this

in this place - at this time

to a state which is sublime -

far removed from the maddening crowd

at least in this household

at least in this place

where space is a commodity

where validation is a rare gem

where energy floats dysregulated

settling densely in the dust

lying thick on the furniture

drifting insidiously amid the noise

of mindless video games

weighing heavily in the disquiet

of sedentary beings

lounging amidst

staleness and incense

I'm invoking my DMT

so I can float in a sea of bliss

and escape all this

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Ajanta Judd, Photo and Words: Poem 2020; Digitalised Photo 2022

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