Here again, inside the temples, moving:
Resonates like echo from the wall.
Always someone else's disapproval
Waiting to applaud another's fall.
Cracks on perfect marble are important
To maintain barbarian instinct..
-Pour it up! Choose something that might go on:
Viscous and indelible resin.
Is it me who stands inside the chalky circle,
Or it's them- who slowly pace around?
Which collision can be seen as focal,
When there is no air, no space, no sound?
It's between the winner and the looser
It's between the stigma and the pride
The defendant's here- before accusant
This is war. But only in my mind.
27 Jan 2018, NY