Wells Being

So often life was a measure of one thing---

whether you were the type to sink

or swim

and now it's so---

it's so that we get to talk about treading

and buoyancy

and breathing the wrong way

and all the dominoed reasons why we probably have an upper respiratory disorder

from all the toxicologies that had never been made---

that was it---

I was certain of it

we were the healthy carriers of an unfortunate parasite

a misunderstanding of what it was all for

and what we should have done---

all along---

was take a sewing kit and stitch that isthmus right up

so nothing could get in or out

and you could stop sinking your teeth in to things that didn't belong to you---

just for the sake of making us all metaphors

or at least you could take these water wings off of me---

we didn't all need to be so pathetic