A middle-
distance image
of Earth
from the Hubble
is now
the stock background
on your
third-best computer.
*
The speaker
is a device
(formerly employed
by the speaker)
now used
to pass guilt
through a faultless
bath of chemicals.
*
Just keep
putting words down,
one
after another.
whether you'll
finish
before you leave here—
don't worry;
you could never.
If you're
wondering whether
you'll leave here
on schedule—
you couldn't
not do that;
so far,
it's impossible.
