Countdown By Grace Chua New 【DELUXE »】

"It’s a survival strategy."

"You too," Elias replied.

: The poem highlights a deep sense of restriction. The speaker wishes she were in a "vacuum" (a pun on her literal vacuuming chores) to escape the "gravity" of time and endless unfinished tasks like kids outgrowing their shoes. The Escape into Night countdown by grace chua new