I'd like to apologize for ghosting you
It wasn't my intention--
I have a bad habit of assuming
that I won't be missed.
My more natural inclination
is to assume that contacting you
would be bothersome to you
"oh, it's THAT guy again"
and I tend to prefer being alone anyway.
I admit that when I was younger
there were girls I didn't call
and if they called I told them I was sick
or I just wanted to be friends.
I suppose I could have been more straightforward
But ghosts
are naturally inclined
to be cowards.
* * *
Market 2020
During a moment
in which 100,000 Americans have died unnecessarily--
and many more are fighting pitched street battles
for the right to not be openly murdered
by those sworn to protect them--
A moment where the American government pledges
$484 billion to help those suffering (April 24)
And it is announced that America's billionaires
just got $484 billion richer (May 22)--
And the government reminds American workers
that they are human capital stock,
a term which fixes value on a worker's ability
to make billionaires even richer,
It can be hard to find the motivation
to perform the little tasks
like sweeping the floor or making the bed
or writing another stupid poem.
There is no end to that which must be protested
And no end to that which must be done.
* * *
