
sketch: another old effort

you have been lied to, yoohoo!
earth’s crust is riddled with pits
nothing can change without effort and strain
and yet, I’m feeding you shit
another effort may help others
pull a smile, stretch those cheekbones
killing kindness, screaming, smothered
fun for those whose faces I don’t know
ignorant efforts
collect and collapse
control is rescinded
seek balance in sins
talk out our problems
in basic and expert
try not to get too caught up
efforts in search of enactors
gimme a crew
captive audience, too
roll on the tables each night
painless, insensate; absolution
all around you
with the effort of our days
revoke soaking: impress the pen
clacking of keys as soothing brook
as cooing babe
as day after day