Monotony (Continuous)

Shrill chirping climbs into an open ear.
Delivers a series of blows to the brain.
Light taps build to crushing blows.
Unable to ignore; eyes flutter open.
Hand falls heavy upon the clock.
Killing the electric annoyance.

The chirping retreats carrying with it
Assorted pieces of the previous night’s dreams.
Other pieces are shaken free as
Their owner swings into a sitting position.
The few remaining pieces are washed away by
A sudden rush of warm water.

They float atop loose hairs,
Down rivulets that run over
A stomach which grows bigger each day.
Most then drop from the bottom of the swollen belly
Onto the cold, hard bottom of the tub,
Quickly succumbing to the suction of the drain.

Strips of bacon twitch and shrivel in a pool of their own blood,
As eggs expand in the very same pool.
The eggs and bacon conspire in the mouth.
Beginning their trek to the veins.
Cholesterol builds dams that may someday
Cut off the flow of the blood through the veins.

The man continues to eat
Unaware of the murderous plot
That is being carried out within his body.
The man continues to eat
Like the car he drives to work consumes gas.
Sitting on the freeway.

Congested.
Cars creep ahead of one another.
All the while chewing on decayed dinosaurs.
Ten minutes late to work.
Feet travel a worn path to a box
Consisting of three-and-a-half sides.

Computer comes to life,
Begging to be touched.
Fingers caress the keyboard,
Kissing letters and numbers
One at a time,
Sequentially,
Forming words.

Headset crowns a shiny scalp.
The mouth looks upon a microphone
That allows the man to be friendly.
The ear houses a speaker
That allows the man to be rejected.

Five ‘o’ clock travels a long, winding road to the office.
A clock brings salvation.
Headset rests on the desk top like
The car the man drives away from work sits
On the freeway.
Congested.

Meatloaf and Home Improvement
Greet him as he enters his house.
Belly and brain beg for rest.
The bed from a nearby room
Creaks an invitation as the man’s wife slides into bed.
Feet first under the covers.

Head sinks into a worn sack of feathers,
As pieces of a dream long forgotten
Climb out of the drain,
Pick themselves up off the floor,
And come together in
The darkness behind a pair
Of rapidly moving eyeballs.

(Repeat 9,100 times and then continue on to the next lines)

Shrill chirping climbs into an open ear.
Delivers a series of blows to the brain.
Brain refuses to acknowledge.
Brain unable to acknowledge.

Blood flow stopped by a dam,
Built by cholesterol.
After thirty-five years,
The bacon and eggs have
Ended the cycle.