Labels. Square. Cut. Legible enough to judge. To rank and trivialize, hollow out a once million dollar view. Leave only the shattered confidence and trampled mind to litter the scene The roof of a skyscraper seems inviting with a neon sign reading "Thank society for this." You find yourself weeping, attaching, flooding your gates To this sign, next to where you're going to surrender Because no letter, no word, no other human could grab your slit wrist and lead you away. To say "**** the square, cut, legible enough to stand scenery. Stop painting with your running blood"
Go with a plastic bag. No- not over your head. Pick a size off the shelf Now pour that million dollar view you make up in the bag. Drip a few branches and some lamp posts, or paint the sky arching to the shore with a flock of birds swirling around Make it bulge Warmth radiating through Now toss it. Throw it. Hurl it. Hand it. It holds, it shifts from a silent setting in one eye to a hurricane coming
Though the contents are still exactly the same You cannot escape interpretations For fear of the unknown and the trap door to never open up beneath you But you can be a plastic bag instead of a box.