Confronting Anti-Concrete

So once upon a time—
Once—

Hello,
Anti-concrete.

Telling me everything
about this world of disparity.
There is no mystery.
Everything I ever knew
is different now.
But I guess times change.
So I
was wrong.

Repetition mutates into
this.

Telling me
this didn’t just start yesterday and
Yes—
silly child,
God is dead,
today won’t change it, won’t change anything.
Yes.

There are no reasons anymore.

I’m learning not to ask—
but this I have to question.

And you are cold and cruel.

The world
you say
is inoperable.

Yet somehow,
There was once a world—

I want to be you,
just what I don’t understand.
My
Anti-concrete,
called irony.

Because there are no miracles
in (if only)
the answers.

Doesn’t matter.

There is no hope.

You:
more clever
more
they say
You
would have had a sad sort of humor.

I am still a child
even if I want to
understand.
And you know it.

Yes, jealousy.
Wanting
wonder
and prayers,
dear jealousy,
doubting
wanting
and being done.
 
Confronting Anti-Concrete
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