BEATNIK: A Poetry Collection

failure to launch

I was always told,

when I was younger,

that some people

were given stupid

shots after they

were born.

I've since

come to

realize that

this isn't

entirely true.

the stupidity

comes with

the batteries,

and in this way

we are essentially

toys.

built for a purpose,

unaware of what

that is, and thrown

away when we don't

work anymore.

now if we're

toys, you might

ask, where is

our chest?

that place we

get put away

each night to

await usage in

the morning.

we don't call

it a chest around

these parts.

here we

call it sleep,

alcohol, pot.

these are our

legacies, this

is our time,

dripping away

one drop at a

time.