life as i know it

plane

slap the ceiling and kill the clouds

the rose colored cumulonimbus 

glued pupils of the negligent

we are in it!

an aluminum magic machine

-above the fury

but keep trying old woman

i’m sure they mean for you to be

as blind as them

in there tiny offices 

with one bulb at the end of 

their chains. 

over and over they prick the keys

binding the checkered boxes to

false origins and undefinable syntax

binding you 

but i see

how can you look away!

there it’s framed

between slick blue leather

and a gentleman’s earlobe

(the one who took the wrong seat)

there it’s framed 

like so many dreams of man

unadulterated 

like no one on this goddamn plane.

in the end

i teared up for nothing in the end

there was no reveal

no mystery to make me feel

that it was worth the time

but i still cried

so can you say 

honestly and without some doubt

that you are faultless 

that you need no one

you are complete

you will be the same

after they

choose to say your name

this is a barren planet

this is an open heart

we are simply believers

choosing to stay alive

cast out the fear

the longing and its demons

that chain your soul to pieces

of picture frames 

in dusty living rooms

be and be and be

with nothing in between

i need to cry there in the end

knowing 

it was worth the time

um

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