It's easier that way
not to trouble with poets
difficult and unknown.
Much easier to pretend it is not my thing
as opposed to pretending
it is my thing.
Set instead sights firmly
on familiar
avoid horrification of discovery.
Open mouth
inhale entire sheets of
the pre-processsed.
I consume time above all.
I consume great swathes of it
in soiled hour blocks.
I consume time consuming things
safe and known.
Our industry carried an audible
breath until this
a moment marked and considered.
Expelled into paid press
until our pensions swell
like arthritic knuckles.
