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.
