Monday, July 15, 2024

LATE STYLE

Now, as then, 
we write essays—op-eds.

Only, now 
that we aren't being 
graded on them, we must 

cash-out our paychecks 
and get numb 
to feel correct.

But, 
worse than 
"not working," 

we no longer find it
necessary. 

*

What's left 
when the symbols 
we once held 

hostage 
refuse to validate us,

other than a sense 
of satisfaction 

which our children 
find embarrassing?

*

One electron, 
it's been shown,

will emit  
its own photons. 

Another electron 
swallows them 
up again.

The world is 
the world; we have had 
no effect.