Thursday, October 29, 2009

The Science of Waiting

Within the long
meandering queue for services
provided by the state, reluctantly
we wait.

Life put aside
like an old dilapidated
pair of shoes,
ennui elevated to a high art,
silence secured within the
din of worried and desperate thoughts.

There is a science to waiting
that has eluded me for these many years.

3 comments:

brinni for humanity said...

haunting . . . beautiful tragedy.

Oilsforfun said...

like it

brad4d said...

..the way you write helps me, I shared your letter to President Obama with my HealthCareForAll group, thank you teacher