“Waiting in Good Faith”
It happened again
A summer not as planned
Bug bites in the single digits
Sunburns of no consequence
Waiting for something else
To
Happen
Hoping certain certainties avoid
Protecting those we love from life
And the harm of thoughtless folks
Libertines have become civil libertines
And exact destruction
When passing through the self-checkout line
Not wanting to wait in long lines
Circumventing the gradual path
Because…
People die from the consumption
But, not that consumption
Animals of learned habits
Bad habits
Stain the narrative
A story told
Obfuscating
A selling sexy self-lies
That only we ourselves believe
To get to the next instance
Where choice
Or, it’s illusion
Stammers, sputters, and relents
Waiting for a break
Waiting in good faith
