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Working: Vol. 4, No. 2 - Issue 14 Summer 2025

My Companion​

Is this Hell?
This can't hurt worse than Hell?
And nothing's even happening..
What the fuck is happening?

Someone's set fire to my brain
I feel it, raw, why can I feel my brain?
A flame I don't realize yet
means I'll never see the same

Who the fuck do you think you are? It spits
Sitting like you have a reason to be speaking
Talking like you have a reason to be living
Loving like you have the ability to feel

Why can't I move? Why can't I move?
Delirious, what drugs are these?
My own wrists outstretched in front of me
Doesn't look like me
Whose are these?

How long has it been?
How long has it been?
It feels like days,
slip into wasted days

How far have I come?
How far have I come?
It feels like goals,
slip into wasted ways
How long has it been?
How long has it been?
How long have I been here?

Is this Hell?
This feels like Hell
but nothings fucking happening
What the fuck is happening?

How are they
OK?
With all that's fucking happening
All that's fucking happening

Natalie DeVaney
is a musician, poet and lifelong wanderlust from Homer, Alaska. She currently travels with her family in her RV while finding time between adventures and family time to write.

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