Nil

Rabidwire

i know the meaning of life

i keep it in one of those plastic balls

from the machines in the fronts

of supermarkets

i've never actually seen it

even though it's in my possession

i'm terrified of it, to tell the truth

it could be a monster

or maybe a rose

a thorny rose

it could be a great black cloud

that gobbles us

our pain

our fear

our lust

our lives

for breakfast every morning

(hey, mikey! he likes it!)

it could be Nothing

which would be far worse

we could mean nothing

we could be nothing

and all this energy

would be wasted

i feel i'm justified in my terror

don't you think?

 

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