world spent

i crawled out of a tunnel today

the glare of the sun scorched my tongue

my eyes became tasteless an' sore

even boredom deserted me

loneliness coerced an impulse,

i picked up the newspaper and found it empty

like a trash bin after pickup

the morning's errands tripped me in a blind spot

the lid blew off my patience

aching my muscles an' making my head spin

my nerves twitched an' made me reckless

almost got killed in a near accident

mortality extorted me,

i peered deep into the depths of time

using my mind, ignoring my schedule

its lack of bliss held my breath hostage

when fear tried to wake me 

from what i thought was sleep

an e mail informed me it was real

a need for calm promised relief;

i tried to relive what i had dreamed 

in deja vu six hours ago

a package arrived at the door

its contents required assembly

my fingers were still stiff

from work on yesterday's hammering

the package slipped,

something broke inside

i read somewhere that four diseases were cured this year

on page nine, i read ten more were newly discovered

out of control, a threat to humanity

but science would prevail

a great chunk of my hope melted

like global warming's glaciers

i caught a frozen glimpse of where i'd fall

for the last time;

i stumbled across the floor

and tried to find myself in the broken mirror

a piece of me shot me a fragmented look

that's all it took

for me to to crawl back to bed