The sentences fall from you lips like medicine
the words trace their own sorry trails across the floor
but i want more
and every step you take is just another reason not to believe
but all that you perceive is fed to you
plate by plate
by sorry plate
i take in the mistake
and answer all your questions in order
one by one
by one by one

hello, says the voice from the train tracks
hello, says the voice from the rusty rails
tracking across the countryside
from the inside
but outside
outside
is where you reside

i saw your footsteps
across the lawn
i saw your breath
from ups and from downs

i cant believe the conversation
i can only feel the significant authority
i can only feel the silent power
pulling on my skin

as the brain i use
only, softly
spews
an excuse

if i only had
an algorithm for it all
an authority
to control the fall
i would believe anything
and let myself down
down down
into the abyss