It's so still

How'd you do that?

You settled down my habitat

Downhill

Through the speed trap

And the agitated aftermath

When across the state is gone and dilapidated

The wheel froze

And it sounded like cymbals

The birds exploded off the eve

I read my name

And I scream like a kettle

Metabolize the memory

When across the state is gone and dilapidated

And it feels a little bit empty

A riddle of empathy

In the morning I'll go

Through the cold

But not alone

Did I forget?

My teacher says

The precipice

The precedent

The depressing question

Of our time

Of Civilwarland in Bad Decline

I want to see

The present tense

In retrospect

A monument

Been through benthic tides

And vandalized

Before my eyes

Before I die

Never forget

The t-shirt says

With no mask on