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It’s good
at times
to go with the flow
though to get
lost in the current
can happen
more commonly than not
so it too
is necessary
to get out of the mix
if only to see
if current seas
flow in both directions
it’s important
to know
whose ship you’re sailing.
There is no
If
And
Or
But
About it
My focus is a pinball
With
No
Credits
Left
To play.
The silence
this heat wave
these pale white walls
sunlight and
floorboards whisper
it’s time to go outside.
just because you can get everything
doesn’t mean that you should get everything
because everything
doesn’t really mean everything
when it’s all you’ve got
I put up curtains today.
They’re so cheap and wrinkled
that they’re transparent.
They’re perfect.
At the end of the day
here you are
in a box
with dirty thoughts
tired but unable to sleep
strong but ever so weak
hungry unable to eat
fierce but intolerably meek
crazy isn’t it
how four walls is all it takes
to drive a sane man mad
and a madman sane.
There are places
for people like us
under bridges
gutters
dumpsters
caves
out of sight
and out of mind
naked and alone
where only those
with torches
pitchforks
and love
can find us.
No matter how much
people want you to believe
something is of great importance
remember that it’s still
just a bunch of people
standing around
shuffling their feet
trying to look important.
Up here with the
bees, flies, wasps
and air
breathing
I am but a guest
however
if I was dead
we all know
I’d be dinner.
soft and slow
candle flame
spins and dances
infinitely
contained by its wick
unable to reach
higher than the wax
which grounds it
Words Of An Average White Male 