echo loudest which
alienate us most
from what we
discursively
refer to as "the world."
But it gets a little
worse for the claim
of this thesis,
for "silence"
and "process" offer
little succor, either:
Once I've got started,
there is nowhere
I can go with this—
and to "be where
the action is" just means
"stay the course."
And yet still,
I might settle for
a counterfeit slice
from the imitation
pie of vicarious
happiness
if only I could
say that I was
genuinely sure
that its having
been offered wasn't
more than a little
obligatory,
malicious, or
coerced.
