performing ablutions

i am dark and only half complete.
there are memories of marigold and magenta that i can't find when the sun is awake
my chest is one of drawers,
knobbed and sliding
i only rifle through the top ones,
hastily looking for something to wear
for the day.
at night i come home
to this chest,
the drawers below,
still untouched.

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