Friday, October 11, 2024

ANNIHILATION PHASES

First, I'm so vein, 
I probably think 

this next thought 
is about me.

*

Then, I'm so present, 
I probably think 

this world is just 
the sum 

of all the facts I have—minus 
my intentions. 

*

Finally, I'm so numbed 
by the irony 
of presence, 

it's hard 
to locate such 
displaced rage; 

from this distance, 
it's hardly efficacious 
to complain—

it's hardly judicious 
to call these aches
mine