Friday, July 17, 2020

Playing Dead


I’m tired.  
Tired of being tired, 
worn out by being worn out. 
Badgered by the badgering of 
information, mis-information, 
falsehoods, truisms, and  
the combinations of the two. 

It’s like that old advice we 
used to get as kids to play 
dead if we were ever attacked 
by a bear. Just play dead and 
the bear will go away. 
Later it was added that you 
should crap your pants too. 

And the bear will leave you 
alone as you play possum in 
your crap filled drawers.  
You may survive the bear 
attack, but you’re covered in 
filth and a sense of failure. 
and probably feel tired 

All the terrible things in the 
woods that are prowling at the 
edges of the City, all of those of 
sharp teeth in vicious rows, 
praying we fall from exhaustion 
and don’t get back up, 
even with pants filled with shit.  

I’m so tired of it, 
But I’m still trying to stay 
Awake, and continent.  

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