solace

comes in many forms

it is rather dependent upon the person

isnt it

ones trash anothers treasure

it comes from a deep secret place

it wasnt a fancy one

formed white plastic    

                           stained  he could wash it all he wanted  but the stains were set

they were set the moment they were made                                                     like scars

dull white plastic

it wasnt expensive  he wouldnt buy something expensive

something doesnt have to be expensive to do a real good job   

                                                                                                           a good thought

unremarkable  though one rarely heeded these days when a flush of green cash

supposedly

bought the best     or

was pilfered elegantly  one more sucker born mewling and balling

it had been made in-country once

it was made far better then

forged by a resilient pride

the pride attached to its manufacturing

a pride that rose again when it was found on store shelves

flushed with pride when it was found in a friends house or apartment

pride  tactile and effervescent 

he liked it best when it was smoking

aromatic steam emitting from vents in its flat crown

swirling

it made him think of himself when things were coming at him too fast  when his brain

wasnt able to keep pace with his thoughts and inspirations  when his hands were far

too slow too illegitimate to capture with pen and paper all the scenes and images and

conversations   

           soliloquies desperate

                         desperate prayers   his brain was supposed to be a delimiting organ 

funneling all his transactions into manageable parcels  Get in line  Take a number  and

the smoke the steam

                                    were the riots in his head

externalized

vapour  feathers  waves  lace  spiderwebs  ganglia    the erratic yellow trembling tips of

fire

solace comes in many forms

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