Nigh on two years

[ixtaub]

words sully spaces between jarring minute adjustments of posture

all desperate measures to eradicate masticate

blank and exfoliate

new masks of theatrical composure

never shrift shift footing faking fallacy

hiding ever failing looks countenances

contingencies and preparation

evernever again sever forever

forsake take rake out of here

flee through imaginative cowardice

unshrinking and hidden

under pressure cooker lids

and we best

keep it so

for who would dare disturb the

status quo