blue painter's tape is the only thing keeping my life together

a couple weeks ago, the bottom right corner of my laptop screen started peeling away from the frame, pulling various metal bits along with it. surprisingly, nothing has broken by now; i owe it all to several feet of blue painter's tape wrapped lovingly around the edge and partway onto my screen. i can't see the date or time anymore, but it's done wonders for my productivity (and destroyed it, too--already dangerously long gaming sessions turn into complete marathons). 

the cord for the same laptop has been splitting at the connector. i've ignored it up until today, when i wrapped a dozen circumferences of the roll around the exposed wires. they are no longer exposed.

there are--and i mean this most literally--hundreds of posters, trading cards, art pieces, lovingly cut-out printed fanarts, brittle strands of plastic vines, and memorable pieces of junk stuck to the walls of my dorm room. every single one is held up by a little piece of painter's tape stuck to itself. nothing ever falls.

the pink planned parenthood bandana artfully draped over my chair is fixed carefully to the back with tape so that it always displays the logo right side up.

the paper standee from the tian guan ci fu limited edition volume 8 is taped upright with the stuff.

my standing lamp has fake wisteria wrapped around it--any guesses as to what's keeping it in place?

the hole in my 77 CN¥ tote bag,

the pieces of paper that denote which cabinets in the shared kitchen are mine,

the wardrobe door that doesn't close without a little help,

the ballpoint pen with the missing rubber grip,

the flashing faulty fire alarm that goes off every week,

the backs of pins on a banner that scratch the wall,

the command hook that won't stay stuck--

you could peel up any inch of my skin, and you'd find my muscles pasted together with painter's tape, not sinew. my bones are coils of it, full of rental-friendly adhesive marrow. i am nothing if not its debtor, its devotee, its lover.

and i still have 90% of the roll left.