I keep working;
working through the doubt
that descends like soot;
working to get the tasks complete
and avoid defeat
like I’ve been told I should;
working to pay and stay upright
in the stream of liquid money
that takes me along each
bank and curve that I don’t see coming;
working till I go to the pool at last
where everyone is bobbing freely
till they laugh and die.
Repeat.
11/7/2017