Why Walk
why do you walk
I asked him bare faced
in a moment when we trekked
on the rim of the world
while the sun shone and shone
blowing bright clouds like kisses
across ultramarine skies
that had no right to be so
so blue
so intense that the laws of physics
failed to make sense of it
why do you walk I asked him
and he thought a moment
looking around
just to be sure
it’s this
I walk because of this
all day at work
I fold myself behind a screen
juggle numbers
clockwork cogs of finance
pull strings of puppet-show simulacrums
of life
when we all know
it’s just a story
that we tell people
it’s a drug that we give them
to make life seem real
when the only thing real
is this
this sky
these clouds
the mountain tops’ shimmer
the breeze
and the sweat in our eyes
to get here
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