Chaos
Allison Salgado
The ugly outfit your mom bought for you
The goodbye and never seen again
The mud on the clean white shoes
I am the Chaos during a tsunami
The broken-down tree at a park
The guilt seeing the homeless
The rock in your shoe
The rain to your plans
The loose screw
The virus on your phone
The offbeat musician
The food you pretend to eat
The pet that ran away
You’ll get them next time
The F in the class
The almost there
The loud thump of a glass at 3am
The moth in the house
The fly on the fruit
The burnt toast
The fire in the forest
The distraction
The extinction
The drug user
The addiction
The lost child
The Chaos