the inability to

[mylifeinajar]

absentee ballots cast for broken candidates
and hidden platforms
a revolution of anchored waves
rising and falling with steps of minor waltzes and
hymns praising the lord or lack thereof.
generations leave notes under loose floorboards
for impassioned men and women to find
one day during the timeless anxious pacing
what will we need to sacrifice?
the past provides no answers
only an index of alternative endings.