this little piggy went

look, you,

look elsewhere

for where else

will you see

new things

besides in others

who you have never met

and who say how

unique your eyes

seem

*

give a hug

to the apocalypse

for it is lonely

and devastated that so

many people are leaving

in the cracks its created

*

what lies do we

tell ourselves

to allow ourselves

to keep lying

instead of laying

and untold

*

in destruction’s ability

i lose my veneer

of indestructability

looking quite wrecked

by the simplest of things

like a toe slamming against

a corner of a desk

that i placed to do work

but am avoiding

for if all there is

is work

i hope to

destroy the world

to change it all

unless

of course

my desk

gets in the way

or worse

my toes do