I mingled with mediocrity
just to see if my superiority would prevail
it didn’t
and i am not trying to build myself up to that  pedestal because the altitude is too high and the air is thinning
so…
so i resume to my  comfortability stage
That’s a place i know ill excel
Because I’m pro at being comfortable
I’m a pro at not reaching high for the stars but grasping the acorn that stands next to my feet
for i am unique(lol)
(who wouldld ever think about grasping an acorn?)
 i am out that box not confined to restrictions

I.
 
10 o’clock at night
at the Chester Avenue Greyhound station.
I almost feel obligated
to feel depressed here.
There are lost freedoms and new
responsibilities to be found.
The walls and floors
have been spit – shined,
and new linoleum has been installed
in the waiting area.
The men’s bathroom
still smells like decades old urine, however.
Some things never change.
The same creepy / unwashed / disheveled
group of riders / loafers / ex – cons
lingers, waiting for a connection
of some type.

"So other than that, Mrs. Lincoln,

what did you think of the play?"

in this world nothing
is more certain than
twisted facts is …
and bourbon tax is.

I have, too, in mind …
fruitless Bush wars
like Iraq’s is
and bright vinyl plastics
like sacks is.

there’s nothing more certain than
what d’luted herbal extracts is,
poisons like anthrax is—
and all injured food to grind …
by dulled dicing axes.

but further still,
what this world
most lacks is …
proven prophylaxis.