I am probably far
from the first
to discover
the codependent marriage
between despondency
and humor.
Perhaps this is why
we are, by far, our worst
eye-witnesses—
and why information "silos"
don't have anything
on mirrors.
"over there" and
made flat
still somehow strikes me
as crass-
ly inappropriate;
and even at the point
when I'm no longer
my worst enemy,
I still reserve the right
to smirk and pass
on being an advocate.
