Monday, September 8, 2008

DISTRACTION


what we want
desperately: to be
somebody

who is an expert at
something, who knows
even a little bit
about anything --

who knows

the right questions or god
forbid, the answers.

(either suffices.)

and so we turn
to hobbies and vices --
where shared compulsion
stands in for purpose
and engagement postpones
identity crisis.

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