Everything. Look around. Trials, tribulations.
Swamp. Day one. Tick-tock. The clock starts
Where. Where are they? The others. Soon
Masses. Machine. Organism. Writhing undulating
Quest. Meaning. Searching for meaning. Questioning.
New war. Twenty first century battlefield. Grey terrain
Faces fixed. Screen glows. Mesmerized.
Innocence. Invasion. They came. Spreading.
Choreographed. Wound up. Existence. Wound tight.
Mind. A malleable thing. Easily molded, manipulated,
Snowy morning. Coffee in hand. Here I
Beyond the veil. Beyond. Countless shimmering
Barren, devoid of soul. Black and white.
Metaverse. Where ways as now known disappear.
Gnomes. Life’s journey. Transformative. Each,