Parade

My life,
as ever,
is a parade
in the rain.

Infinity

written for, and edited by, Anthony Weir

Our lives,
by all accounts,
are just teardrops
in unending seas.

Reality

Let the television sing you to sleep,
just remember that reality
is only skin deep.

An Apology

A mirthless smile.
A bitter laugh.

A return to form, if not to function.

An ironic expression.
An iconic suggestion.

A well-rehearsed round of goodbyes.

And I apologize, my dear, that this mirthless smile is all I've left to give.

Geology

written for, and edited by, Anthony Weir

Some days I have
difficulty
seeing beyond
my own eyelids.
The whole of reality is a
blurred mass
of indistinguishable circumstance.

All things are one
with my isolation.

I want,
not a fresh start -
but a severance.
An uncompromising
disconnection.
An
unfettering.

To be left
alone.
Adrift in stone.

Nietzschean Tightrope

Taken out of context, a romantic act
can be treason, and love
the most selfish thing
in the world.

Social Semiotics

Abercrombie & Fitch
made the gun
that killed Ernest Hemingway.