time bleeds
time bleeds
pauses for no reason
and a scab forms
people come & go
and I am right there
intermingling amongst them
not really thinking
simply doing
like a dedicated army ant
time bleeds
stopping by applying
pressure
making origami
tourniquets
shutting it down
at least temporarily
time bleeds
a passed on genetic defect
a character flaw
an embarrassment having
to leave the show
for no apparent reason
incapable of discovering
the beginning or the end
I’ll not retire the thought
that what I don’t yet know
will one day be revealed
may two thousand twenty-two
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