Choice

is when the soil becomes fertile, with flowers blooming to perfection. is when a graduate goes for that sure win interview, the panel falls in love with a warm glow. is that planned vacation that comes finally, because the stars have all decided to point north.

ok, said the pig to the porcupine, who wanted bristles, needles, when sheer strength eventually ran out and the latter yearned for raw muscles, such power! the exchange did not go as planned,

of shades looking for a way out, when a crass joke became the focal point and a verdict was made, the wrong one, heads still rolled. of voids that were never empty, the voices simply kept silent for speeches made no change,

the quick and easy, the shallow convenient lies - drizzle slaps/ sputters dims, goes dark, a vacant room how did it become so very cold?

unplugged, electricity without a medium to translate - what am i trying to say? nothing of importance, because in a world of self, no one gets it all: that is so very selfish! and yet saints do not deserve to die,

the what if game, when the sky is gray. gray like me and you pointing fingers at one another, through a medium, because these day - no one wants to hash it out.

unplugged, electricity without a medium to translate - what am i trying to say? nothing of importance, because in a world of self, no one gets it all: that is so very selfish! take more, get more - why not?

a cat meows, a duck quacks, a dog barks, a chicken clucks, a man grins when he is about to pounce, grins when he catches the meaning of a joke, grins as the door open and the C suit now belongs to him, grins when horror comes but he acts brave, grins when the devil seduces him, grins when asked for an explanation -

and it wasn't the obvious, you know - that reining in to some spot you rather not be in, compulsion, addiction, coercion, strong armed, forced, manipulated, duped, to some path you would not choose

scorned, and smirks come about clench your fist once against for railing against the skies matters not. not when you have nothing to spare, to give. that's the currency,