Decision

Decision

A Poem by Matthew Bass

Smoke in the spring mist   
sticks to your throat   
in slimy membranes.   
    
The weight of the cross-walk   
cracks and screams   
under the deafening   
gravity   
of your conscience   
    
choking you, slowly; with   
one more step   
one more thought   
one more moment   
passing you by.   
    
You wait, eternally   
for the intertia   
to slam your frail   
self   
through the tumbling sky.   
  
-   
    
The same dream   
from the night   
before   
    
because there is a process   
to gently pull you,   
a diseased cow   
    
poked   
measured   
analyzed   
    
The body moves forward   
the brain doesn´t.   
    
"Do not lean against walls"   
    
"Do not speak"   
    
"Disobedience is dealt with   
 quickly and violently"   
  
(You)   
    
The first number before   
and endless stream   
of zeros.

© 2012 Matthew Bass


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Matthew Bass
Matthew Bass

St. Louis, MO



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