1.
nor anxious.
Depression and anxiety
merely exist.
Okay—so, I guess
thoughts are just
having themselves now?
2.
How is your
apocalypse going?
In mine, the survivors
all form a band
because
they understand each other
that much
better when they
aren't talking.
3.
Life is
made of particles,
the physicist says;
while the novelist
suggests
it's more like a premise
that toys
with its audience.
Either way, it's a process
which has to be observed
and once it has started,
must not be
interrupted.
4.
Does the light
you can see
at the end of the tunnel
remind you of the over-
harsh
delivery room glare?
If so, that's
perfect; there's
no need to worry.
If this were a dream,
there would be no
reminders—
everything there is exactly
as it appears.
