The skyline is sharp and jagged
So when smog slaps it,
Rain bleeds, thick and oily and hesitant when
Every clock broke last week in Lundentūn;
This went unnoticed by all
except the fellow too bored to kill himself.
Omnispasmodic forgot where he was going – (Where was he going?) The
destination is of little consequence so long as he keeps moving.
Ghosts descend the escalators like penitents
And huddle separately beneath pulsing fluorescent bulbs. E io ch’avea d’error la testa cinta
dissi: ‘Maestro, che è quel ch’i’ odo? e che gente è che par nel duol sì vinta’
They do not talk about
How months in the calendar went
missing
missing
missing.
Rent rises. Home falls.
ATTENTION PASSENGERS
Someone.
murdered all his friends.
and put them all.
in little boxes
and put all their words.
in little boxes.
and all their faces.
In these little boxes ATTENTION
The woman on the wall holding a jug of orange juice is the happiest woman in the world.
Is it because;
A. She is holding orange juice
B. It is 100% orange juice
C. Then it must be 0% not orange juice
D. When she bought one, they gave her another Free!
Omnispasmodic looks at her teeth and
PASSENGERS
What was he angry about?
(Where? Going?)
His phone rings only to remind him that it can while
He is watched by the camera lenses in the eyes of little gods.
And every time he remembers how he feels about that
(Was he? Where was he?)
Something distracts and one forgets you know, one forgets where one is and where one is going, forgets that
ring ring
ring
SERVICE DELAYS
ATTENTION ALL
ALL PASSENGERS ATTENTION DELAYS SERVICE DELAYS
An emotion is evoked, one small enough
to be eclipsed by a flea egg SERVICE DELAYS
I must ask my algorithm what they think about this.
At his feet
the reflection in the Unidentifiable Puddle of Liquid! ™
Looks at Omnispasmodic for longer than anyone else ever has.
The perfect choreography of the half-alive:
Trained to flinch on cue, click repost, and oh look the kettle is boiling…
(Breaking news does little to break anyone you know)
Headlines have bloomed
withered and
died long before breakfast
(Orange juice is 50% off right now)
Is your grief yours, or is it merely recommended?
Spectators to their own unravelling
The ghosts applaud politely as the feed refreshes.
ATTENTION ALL PASSENGERS/
(Where was he?)
ATTENTION ALL PASSENGERS THERE ARE SERVICE DELAYS (WHERE WAS HE GOING?)
You have 18 unanswered notifications!
A train appears before him
And Omispasmoidic dully accepts its invitation
The sky flickers overhead
Poor connection
The video will resume
automatically when
the connection improves.
-the moon buffers behind smoke.
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