it all seems
quite pointless
and somehow more
difficult daily
which is fine
if you signed up
for all of this
extravagance
in middling returns

i did not however
still it feels like
this line for a refund
never seems to go
fucking anywhere at all
perhaps the entire
works is broken

no matter how fast
i run to escape
the loneliness of
dream manages to keep
pace at every junction

reminder to self
the coffee isn’t working