it had, like, a .. it was a curved blade, on a stick.
and it said:

V1
so, like, do you ever ? stare, up
at the niiight skyyy ?
you miiight tryyy
before you hear the, scythe, guide
present the final, bye-bye
come onnn ..
get out
step out
from that briiight siiide
now that you have cracked the lid
that locked the looking miiind’s eye
the siide blinds are eyes, wiide, venetians
death: IS existence
no ninth, life, heathcliff ..
toss awayy your, exclamations
conjure up the question marks
father time is dressed in charcoal
parka hood, is extra dark, like
shadow, or an einstein-rosen worm your way
unto the, frozen —
tundra — over heeere is
opposite of sun, up
all the constellations hung, up
go & lock away — your, 1-up
sacrifice the after liiife
‘cause now you activate
a hundred: breath ..
winnnd
now a light, morning breeze
time is 5:43
covid quiet on the street
there – high up in the leafff
tiny passerines
a choir, when they siiing
pull the wires from the screeens !

V2
step outside :
see your, self :
look inside :
see the wealth
sub, traction
from the system
mental fitness
back up health
mental hell ?
mental health !! — ur
allowed, to back away from the computer
set up firewalls
reboot
mellow out — the
space
inside the head
inside’s a room
a tiny room
must find some room
the mind’s consumed
& ibuprofen
cannot heal a
pop ! — balloon

V3
go fortify — with, sunnyyy sky
sort your mind, from wild things

V4
after: we’ll, returrn: to the —
regular schedule of, spiiiiraling

V5
now that you’ve awakened:
no tiiime to chew the bacon, let’s
sit & sniff the — steaming — folgers
smell — the tulip fragrance

22 JUL 2020 | Copyright © B. Yee
Lyrics from the album, APART_MENT, 2021, by Gene Wilderness