Utopia of choice

There are steps that go nowhere

though they lead to my house

and a front door that has extra locks

and that opens with a push

and strength I rarely have

*

A woman jumped off my condominium

while I was dreaming about

falling into an abyss

that does not end

but goes and goes

until I wake up

and discover what is at the bottom –

floor,

always floor –

until I am below it

*

I wanted to make a perfect world

but it kept changing

so I froze it

but no one likes the cold

so I heated it up

but people sweated like dogs

and dogs fried their hair

and sweated like people

so I left it as it was

and no one noticed a thing,

which was alright

because it was a utopia of choice,

though the weather was a bit rainy today

and sun would have to wait

for tomorrow