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Waiting…

the waiting is what kills you

queue upon queue of waiting

like a river dribbling people over

to sort their way through more lines

patience should be easy

patience is the way to meet such a challenge

impatience, however, is far sooner

revealed and realized

as the blood begins to boil

as annoyance takes its’ toll

this isn’t the place for weakness

weakness should be kept to

the infirm who cannot reach

to make known the need for help

help out from progressing lines

for freedom from waiting




Faucet

creeping

the thoughts

pour out

too

much

too

quickly

insanely

dripping

slipping…

drip…

drip…

drip…

dripping

dropping

from depths

above us rain falls thunderous…




with strangulation fervor

‘a wasted…aftermath…with hostile mistakes…’




the social order

‘swirls…against…me being insane…’




State of Decay…

It is while in this state of decay, that I find an effervescence in a morbid fascination to stare down at that reflection that lies just on the other side, but that lives to reflect at us from the people that we know and love…