what if you
retired
and devoted your
self to
the basement.

what if you unplugged the phone and left
the cell phone downstairs buried
under a pillow
and after climbing the stairs
pulled
out the dusty boxes
of slides behind your clothes
in the closet
in the closet.

what if instead of
a trip to the other side of
the world
you won a scholarship
to stay home,
touching every
thing that hadn't been touched
in so long.