Delayed

No chance for relief
A hanging silence
A crawling momentum
Barely a reason
But still here we are
So still

Charitable action
Underappreciated
But absorbed
Fiddling like hot fatback
And just like that
We make ourselves just

Deep tranquility
In a mediocre situation
Recessed emotional tattoos
Boring details
Faster to judge
Than a fast for God

Flabulous garments
Folded and tucked just so
Hiding a manatee
Bored of digressors
Weighing efforts on a small scale
Knuckles chalked and scaly

Flipping out as an option
Losing options by virtue
Losing virtue for control
Losing control once and for all
Climbing the cage
Fueling the fire
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2.12.08