amphibi.us

Sharks have eyelids, but they have no tears.
They can’t even blink.
They can’t look away.
Living is the distraction from life,
But flesh is what makes life palpable.

How can we not be sentimental about nothing?
I sit at home by myself crying to Youtube videos
of prepubescent girls singing to Lady Gaga,
so I guess I am not really alone.
But we need the shit,
we are the shit
that motivates our bones.

The unpredictability
of our flight through
the emptiness of time.
Birds smashing into windows.
That stagnant line at the DMV.

There is everything and nothing to be missed.

© Cassandra Troyan, 2010