The tightly clenched jaw--grinding, constricted, stemming bile.
The overwide
Eyes--red, burning, tearing
Manifest and scientific view
Cosmic nihilism and virtue
Those of a broader intelligence know that
There is no distinction between the real
And the unreal--affronts both actual and perceived and imagined
Determinism and morality
Reconciled by consciousness
Product of circumstance
That you must own
Now it's time to list a name in the catalog of grievances.
Pain and pain and pain
Again sealed within a book, a thought, a fleeting memory.
Pain and pain and pain
Again crushed beneath a boot, a fist, a passing glance
