breathe.

inhale...
this is how it begins..
a self portrait in gray
scales
the black and white
accentuates the detail
of life at 2 degrees
and working in retail
where everything that
glitters is fish scale
at increasing rates
and frustration arrives
quicker than the transit
that would have avoided
you being late...
a pace in the paper chase
is hard to set
with debits that look like credits
and credits
that haven't really
shown themselves to be credible
so each day ends with self
saying

self i'll level with you
this rat race 08 thing,
i can see its messing with you
but give thanks and
doze off to this Coltrane
tomorrow we get up
and grind at it again

exhale
and this how it ends…