Friday, August 22, 2025

The Things I Think of Instead of Cleaning My Room

By Logan Lewis

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This is what it feels like to go to jail 

Chewing 5 gum to stimulate your senses 

World War World Records at 33 and a half rotations per minute 

Punctuation storyteller FableHaven cork coaster on death row 

This is what it’s like to get out of jail 

Off to the races, a rough start 

Back on the chain gang and out of words to write 

It was taken over by snakes 

That’s the way it didn’t have to go 

Taking a cheat day: even February gets a cheat day 

Who needs politics when we have rocket science? 

I hate snakes Jock, I hate them

 

 

About the Author 


Logan Lewis is a student at Illinois Central College going for an associate’s degree. After ICC, he is planning on transferring to Illinois State University to get a degree in writing and is thinking about becoming a professor. Recently, he's been straying away from humorous writing to writing with more "heart on his sleeve" like feelings with serious and hopeful themes, along with the occasional humor. He wants to spend his life being silly, playing guitar, and writing songs, poems and stories. His heroes are God, his Parents, Mister Rogers, Andy Warhol. His biggest writing influences are: Harlan Ellison, Arthur Rimbaud, Doug Hopkins, Elliott Smith and Kurt Cobain. You can usually find him at Guitar Center, thrifting for cardigans or screaming songs by The Gin Blossoms in his car. #skipLogan

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