SWIMMING IN

the economic function.
the social function.
the aesthetic function.

the red.
the white.
the blue.

empirical.
mathematical.
scientific.

logocentric
archeologists.
mythopoetic baptists.

dead battery
the beating is lost.
a stopwatch
stops.

storyteller.
with the words rung from tear ducts
being hung out to dry on your cheekbones.

my watch is dead.