stop-loss dreams

stale completed Lego structures
are as sad as dusty assembled puzzles
lost molecules too-long bonded
whose purpose is true only 
in the act of putting together

to be put together
is an insult just the same
getting it together
is as good as it gets
as solid as a still-assembling horde

construction is our state
completion is our fraud
concern for maintenance
is misplaced by a cement fallacy

that puts our sandy time
in a false photograph
while the grains tumble
against each stable wish