Wound Too Tight

[mathiasthom]

Fuck them and forget
lost in the moment
la petit mort
sweat, swerve and sway
then send him on his way
into the brilliant day

But there are no connections
nor is there ever recollections
of anything worth dwelling on
except another wrinkled line
courtesy of passing time

Stumbling online
through an endless array of sites
each one more preposterous than the last
maybe a tattoo
another shining example
of the lengths some go to
to stand out,
yet the crowd is not wild

Left with an unsettling doubt
weighing heavily on these thoughts
not only sold out, but caught
some marketing ploy
to thoroughly destroy
America's wayward youth
utter indifference
beneath one sorry ass roof

Can't catch this breath
won't soon forget
no feelings to abort,
la petit mort
through the night
into the red light

Wound too tight.

mathiasthom
written 9/21/12