Symphony No. 5 — The Weasel

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a dangerous formula we follow on fridays

it is high risk

and low reward,

                                          but we take the risk

                      nonetheless.

every lit-up floor

every disco ball,

                              a delicate dance

               that reeks with

with unforgiveness

                no matter how hard we try

every door only open to a few

                                        hardly open at all.

perhaps our adventure into the night

                      shouldn’t take this much

of the daylight

we’ve stored carefully inside us

taxi cabs and leftovers call our name

                                  we answer and almost submit,

until i feel a tap on the shoulder

                         and suddenly

we are climbing

                              up to the sky

do you think life will always be this fickle?

Olivia Olson is a senior at New York University. She is a Poetry Editor for The Weasel.