scratches in my mind - Inertia creeps, agency sleeps
last in "scratches in my mind" Senryū series - self-reflective, introspective poem.
Inertia it creeps
over our living corpses
agency it sleeps
-
bang the gong, bang bang
(whispered gasps, cries, but unheard)
bang the gong, bang bang
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Inertia it seeps
into our very being
agency it sleeps
-
bang the gong, bang, gaps
(unuttered nothing said, done)
boom rat-a-tat-tat
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Inertia it reaps
all that we are, we could be
agency it sleeps
-
bang the gong, gasp-bang
(-------)
metronomic-tick
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Inertia it keeps
a vice-like hold on us
agency it weeps
bang the gong
gong
gong
gone
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Paul Stewart
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