they say that
dancing on a
sinking ship is
better than
being a
wallflower on
distant shorelines.
insistence
from my own
close confidants
confirm common
knowledge that
misery
adores the fools.
fools who keep her
company.
we're all on
that sinking ship
or purchasing
passage. why?
we're all captains of
our own loneliness.
the foolish captain
must go down
with the boat.
dancing on a
sinking ship is
better than
being a
wallflower on
distant shorelines.
insistence
from my own
close confidants
confirm common
knowledge that
misery
adores the fools.
fools who keep her
company.
we're all on
that sinking ship
or purchasing
passage. why?
we're all captains of
our own loneliness.
the foolish captain
must go down
with the boat.