POWERLESS

The state's in a
state of upheaval,
and no one can
state clearly enough

what the most effective
options might be.
On a sunny day
everything stays the

same, but on a
cloudy day kinks
in the wind claim
to know better.

A mime is trying to
explain this in the dark.

TWIDDLING

Pleasure is its
own reward
while virtue
sits in the corner

twiddling its thumbs.
We are, therefore
we think we should
be allowed to

do as much as
possible before
the light goes
out. The something

that must be done
about this can wait.

DELAYED

Because light gets
delayed, dawn postpones
what it had been
planning to reveal.

Trees stand on
tiptoe in anticipation
of something unusual.
They begin to

sense pleasure in
their branches, but
don't know what
it means. Unlike

man, they don't
mind not knowing.

CATHARSIS

Kathy fights her way
through layers of smudge
to fall in love with
Heathcliff, who responds

by filling his arms
with her. Later, when
Kathy falls ill, Heathcliff
hoists her up and

lugs her out onto
the balcony so she
can have one last
look at the heather.

Then she dies so
we can feel depressed.

LONG ENOUGH

The dead are famous
for the darkness they
store in their memories.
It keeps the light

out and allows them
to sleep without pause.
Some cry out
when they realize

they aren't thinking
anything. But
the majority don't,
for a reason that

becomes clear to those
who wait long enough.

TEMPORARY

I can sometimes
hear the sound
your absence makes
in the early morning.

A silence night has
whittled from a
piece of quiet
allows this to

be true temporarily.
As other sounds
begin to accumulate,
your absence resumes

its customary place
outside the window.

ROPE

If you keep ending
up at the end of
the same rope,
you may want to

consider trading
places with the
person next to you
(the one on the right

if you're right-handed,
the one on the left
if you're left-handed,
the one in the

middle if you're too
stubborn to change).