at the salon not making eye contact rain on the windowpane ~
noon as dark as dawn no winter sun breaks through replacing the bulb ~
endless cold tears saturate the evening air all directions, one view ~
the cold silence of night returns broken glass mixed with snow ~
no true north internal compass tricked by magnetic personalities ~
never peace no choice the right choice when all is undone ~
four housemates battle puberty nerf gun war ends in tears ~
the sum of my life in savage pre-decay no new year ~
no footprints in the fog retracing my heartbeats ~
I stifle a laugh pedestrians navigate black ice ~
