#mean(th)ing

suspended animation
the seamless fabric of existence
ruptured
in all attempts at hope
fissures
cats in windows
in houses
on streets
made of nothing
the disappearance act
performed by everyone
on the grand stage of life
get in screaming
get out swinging
swallow your anguish
wear a smile
press play
die
meaning
lost entirely
a mean thing
to the naked eye
the dressed eye
the sick, battered and bruised eye
absent, inexistent
an ocean of spit
pee the colour of bright pink grapefruit
acknowledging
the elephant in the room
an absurd task
when the room is in fact
a jungle
inhabited by a multitude of beasts
each of them a metaphor
an euphemism
for pain and fear
and death
such luck that we all share
this scarcity of joy
this sheer despair
our common unabated threat