zero.

variegated thoughts and

crystalline compulsions;

refractory to hope and

the death of something,

sacred.

screechings from within,

clawing at the the surface;

there is no air,

the liquid sky roils;

sinking.

the prelude to death,

sanctimonious pontifications,

the absurdity of a burdened

mind, wilting, it waits;

alone.