11.25.2011

it was fear

at the heart of it
i think

we just sort of shut down
stopped mid air
just hanging there
as if we gasped too hard

our eyes finally
saw too much
(no that’s not it)
couldn’t bear the sight
of it any longer
(that’s it
it’s a mental thing)

and with one fell shudder
we cast rationality
to the wind
and gave up hope

that flicker
(consistency
you whore)
a lack thereof keeping
us from sleeping

not knowing
if we’ll get up
the next day
and bother

washing our hands
brewing the pot
driving the whole
way back down
the world again

with a sigh
(and a halfhearted toast)
to the bold successors
of our quaint, sad little experiment.

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