Exposure.

[sispeks]

One by one, like sucession of water droplets
simultaneous against the surface of a shallow pool
forceful against the otherwise serene state
calamity, clammy sludge of fingertips against my mind
one by one all day long all week month year long
life a series of water droplets
rusty fawcetts, clogged pipes
like arteries of a crowded super-highway, traffic
flow, flow, flow, flow
swimming against currents, current events
go with god
never lost as much as now - woods - fluorescent
pallbearer, I am, shall be
carrying bits and pieces of what once was a person
odd feeling, it is - broken, sort of
strange, weird, foreign, uncomfortable
sleeping in a fireplace - never lit, never once lit
cold, cold, cold, cold, cold
in need of a bath - bask - ambitious barkings
up someone else's tree - brain needs wiring
currents crossed - should not be
need some rest - not REM sleep - something else
but what?
"Perchance to dream."
how strange it feels to be urged
to be something I'm not
to force concern, when all I can feel
is shameful envy - envy that someone's race is over
and I've got so far to go
unless, that is, I quit.