time and i
are at a
stand still
moreover
it stands still
as i perversely
try to kill it
insubstantial
on this side
of the wavelength
i still exist
but my consciousness
has shifted
to my shadow
ensconced in
velvety darkness
the fool hides
as the flesh suit
rots on the couch

awash in the
monotonous din
washed out under
the sodium pentathol
delusions of
enforced honesty
my being hereby
disavowed in
distressed
destitution
adrift in this
rift, restless and
bereft in bemused
paradoxical wonder