Canidae - Ghostlimb

The confusion the came in the fall of '87

You warned me before my ears ever heard the shake

And sixteen years on I found you placid peaceful and floating alone in that

water without so much as a swell or a wake the psychosis we nurture in some

inner sancta

That suffering is ours and ours alone

A callous dangerous and inert indifference

If the chosen topic of discussion is agony

And the semblance of altruism we wish to maintain

The intention is to reject that rule

And in every way lessen

Avoidable meaningless pain