Tuesday, July 15, 2025

resistance of air

I

is anyone else tired?

like really tired 

in a bone-weary

exhaustion sort of way?


II

my body feels heavy 

arms, legs weighted

muscles active against 

the resistance of air

pushing back pushing down;

minute dips and peaks

trip-hazards in pavements


III

the world forgot 

what the pandemic taught 

easily readily reverting 

to what was but what was

is past and never will again;

it was a heyday fleeting 

(a roaring norm of excess)

we just didn’t know it 

or didn’t care


“Music changes, but the dance steps don’t…” ~ Good Die Young, Divynls