apathy and misanthropy

slow down

time wasted
relentless pursuer
of my dreams

another night spent alone

wasted alone

driving alone on cold streets
similarly without companion

apathy by necessity
protection against love
whispered on warm nights
between timeless

the fox is also alone
tonight

wandering through starlight
and rain

misanthropy by choice
it's easier to scream
my frustrations
at faceless

mood swings on tired roads

wending silently through
rain
and starlight

love and frustration
anger at intangible
anger at unknowable

time to think
wasted on thought

paradoxes and penumbras

someone ate all the peaches

and the supermarket is closed
soon the cherry blossoms
will fall
to grow again
in California

even the cherry blossoms are alone

they sing their umbras to the fox

they sing the umbras of the moon
and the fox
smiles
before wandering away

again

cursing time wasted

apathetic and misanthropic
it occurs to me
I am the fox

its lover suicided
in front of
a peach truck

smelling sweetly
the cherry blossoms
briefly

before they fall

08/06/2002

Posted on 08/06/2002
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