yo

the news comes in
wires and phone lines
unemployment line
retired resistance
complacence - as if
nothing's going on

stop. break. smoke.
go on.

elevator shifts floors
no need to talk that
way anymore she bores
a hole in the wall
and no one can see,
not even me.

stop. brake. swift.
exit lift.

electro-plated
gilded
rotten
at the core
worm/apple
substance
substinence
maintenance
such a nuisance
expel - repel
- complicated -
spell out your name
- paycheck day comes
and fun and food and
another weak week to
seek.

stop. brave. sworn.
not me.

away over field and
hill and concrete trail
to wherever it may take
me some day travelling
with these words inside of me
completely relaying perhaps
a little of this and a little
of that
- slap back to reality -
please don't bore me.
i want to see the sea
and see the scene saw
from the seesaw
playground
background
imagination station of relevant moments
and faces and minutes and moments -
placed.

stop. blame. sweet.
over it.