people like us

I sleep mostly with a pen and a notebook. I am, indeed, a notebook slut (but that'’s between you and me). When I can'’t sleep I watch infomercials on mute and write middling little villanelles built upon one person, a line and complete obscurity. It's like math with words, and the only math I'll do willingly. Like most things in my life, this one's a work-in-progress.

We cast our thoughts so we may understand
Drop words like crumbs so that we may be found
We try, as much as people like us can

What two upon meeting achieve unplanned
There is no you or I, save vowel sounds
We cast our thoughts so we may understand

Affecting silence when all this began
Too taken, ill at ease with the profound
We try, as much as people like us can

Where once you stood, when you were just one man
We build upon, where accord can abound
We cast our thoughts so we may understand

To see what comes before us over land
Is acute, coaction gaining ground
We try, as much as people like us can

We walk our path, supply what we demand
It's life my dear, existing to confound
We cast our thoughts so we may understand
We try, as much as people like us can.