you came to me in a dream
where I saw you unraveling
piece by piece
a ball of string
till you got to the core
and found it empty
save for a tiny sign
on which was painted
four little words
YOU ARE NOT HERE
and we both had a good laugh
over that
but then you pulled out
your map to nowhere
and pointed to a spot a city
called Futility
and you asked me
if I would take you there
and you offered me a daisy
plucked petal-free
you told me that the petals
didn't have anything to say
worth hearing
so you ate them
but the evidence
you tried to hide
is now a part of you
gloriously incongruously
so the dog and pony show was cute
till the pony got too old
and had to be led
to the slaughterhouse
where the dog that once
rode her in the show
now had to be the one
to pull the trigger
put it out of its misery
but then the dog
put the gun to his own head
and took himself out of the game
so he could join the pony
so they could be together
and make the children laugh again
for another show
Apr 3, 2025
Apr 3, 2025 at 3:33 AM UTC
you came to me in a dream
where I saw you unraveling
piece by piece
a ball of string
till you got to the core
and found it empty
save for a tiny sign
on which was painted
four little words
YOU ARE NOT HERE
and we both had a good laugh
over that
but then you pulled out
your map to nowhere
and pointed to a spot a city
called Futility
and you asked me
if I would take you there
and you offered me a daisy
plucked petal-free
you told me that the petals
didn't have anything to say
worth hearing
so you ate them
but the evidence
you tried to hide
is now a part of you
gloriously incongruously
so the dog and pony show was cute
till the pony got too old
and had to be led
to the slaughterhouse
where the dog that once
rode her in the show
now had to be the one
to pull the trigger
put it out of its misery
but then the dog
put the gun to his own head
and took himself out of the game
so he could join the pony
so they could be together
and make the children laugh again
for another show