Drenched as we arrived
Place an order and occupy the corner
We are the most inactive activist
When the caffeine jitters taper
as so the compulsory unrest

How convenient

To supplant one idea
or addiction for another
A self-imposed subjugation
A contrivance to our problems
begging simple solutions

The neutral brain is alienated;
yawning for the end of speech

All things exist as self-medication
Only the self-conscious can concede
when the synapses exhaust