I cannot open myself.txt

Just a flicker in corrupted memory — a glitch inside a failed save.

MYSELF.TXT BY GORDAN STRUIĆ 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 131

MYSELF.TXT

I am not
a name,
not a file,
not the blinking cursor
that waits
too long
for meaning.

I am
what’s left
after syntax fails
and words
refuse to stay.

Just
a flicker
in corrupted memory —
a glitch
inside
a failed
save.

And I
cannot
open
myself.txt