stretch your legs
across the floor
of this stand of sitters
carrying on
keeping not quite calm
intensely gaining positions
saying “right”
“right”
never left
wouldn’t leave
until the eldest member
started to change colors
that’s the sign
that the seasons are
rearranging
winter turning to summer
spring returning
back-dating the fall
such that your calendar could
not reflect the scientific reality
that you’re going to die
that you’re irrelevant
that the universe
couldn’t care less
but forget about
all that
because in this morning
you have to listen carefully
to the nonsense that I have to say
Roman Ryan 