Spilt seconds sounding off

against vacant walls,

this day turns into

eternity



        - as you murder

          the passage of time

          and approach of homecoming,



with your carelessness,

nonchalance, unwillingness

to connect - eyes cast down

you let the words fall

(foreign) from your lips,

read for the first time

and shot into an anxious

audience



       - awaiting with angry palms

         to kill the final

         empty phrase with

         a violent outburst...



of hungry applause.