a loop keeps reoccurring reoccurring
to himnot days apart
its been weeks since it first seemed
to him his memory haunting himnot caring to be denied
or ignored residual toxic and
benign he could scrub it until he
scrubbed himself raw but it wasnt going awayrelenting
he
was stained
it stayed
lazy and greedy occurred to him at once unseparated
greedy
lazy
a maniacal loop fixed end on end a fabric
fixed with fast stitch not fixedcorrected
permanently fixed
lazy and greedylazy and greedy two silveredmirrors set across from each other multiplying their overlayed image into infinity perhaps if he could look deeply into their repeated face atomised
if laziness is astute he thought it a natural attribute
of the lazy they learn and understand when
and where they can siphon from others
the others are either unaware or indulgent or aware but too committed to the matter at
hand to be distracted by the fray of indolencetheir minor irritation
however a parasite doesnt go unnoticed
while not attended to during the heat of the matter at the appropriate
time the tickthe leech are either backed out a smouldering match held to their
posterior or gently wishing
though not to be gentle gently sliding a fingernail beneath
their anterior sucker pushing it aside rather than pulling on it to minimise the
damage their teeth could inflict exacerbating the wound
infection is unwanted
it seemed he couldnt tolerate as
others might the unending tumble of greed and laziness
he understood they were attributes
inherent to human animals he did but lacking tolerance he consistently positioned
himself to work separate of his workmates which his workmates didnt minded
because none wanted to work as hard as he didthey couldnt keep up he exhausted them however it wasnt because they were either
lazy or greedy among them a few were he realised long ago that by his equation
he wouldnt have to contend with that few
he
left them far afield
inert dust and hubris in their teeth
he didnt look back
1600ish, Thursday, 14 6. 18
1103, Monday,
18 6. 18
