there

when all paths lead to
the same destination
caged lab rats running
the endless loop
burning off energy
in nonproductive array
adds to mental entropy
of urgent formal reaction
though equal opposite stress
is causation - nothing
comes of nothing
ashes to ashes, dust to dust;
the ephemeral ability
to rise and fall and rise
and fall and dust off
pick up the bodice &
continue, understanding
that true crime is to not
reach the potential state
that is achievable in
absence of artificial
barriers to thought

lemme howdt : 2006