fiction
the music is vibrating the speakers in a threatening way
with the hope that the meaningless sound will
cancel out the noise.
i used to think those were thoughts, but they're not.
help gulp tear (tare) blink swallow
radio stations don't affect me like real music does
so i took the cds out of my car.
i haven't listened to a band with something to say in quite some time.
i mean really listened.
because if i did, the sound wouldn't be meaningless
and the noise would turn up
and damage my pretty mask
with rusty pings and elbowed dings
which i paid a lot for
the price being mostly loneliness
and sometimes tears, but mostly not, i mean
why should i cry?
when you're all the way alone, the kind they don't show on screens,
it doesn't seem worth it
and what it comes down to is
it's a lot harder to go to work in the morning when you wake up with puffy eyes
so i hold my breath until i fall asleep
with the hope that the meaningless sound will
cancel out the noise.
i used to think those were thoughts, but they're not.
help gulp tear (tare) blink swallow
radio stations don't affect me like real music does
so i took the cds out of my car.
i haven't listened to a band with something to say in quite some time.
i mean really listened.
because if i did, the sound wouldn't be meaningless
and the noise would turn up
and damage my pretty mask
with rusty pings and elbowed dings
which i paid a lot for
the price being mostly loneliness
and sometimes tears, but mostly not, i mean
why should i cry?
when you're all the way alone, the kind they don't show on screens,
it doesn't seem worth it
and what it comes down to is
it's a lot harder to go to work in the morning when you wake up with puffy eyes
so i hold my breath until i fall asleep