Headline is: world caves in on itself

Again — again — again

(And probably once more)
An exhausted ache with a staccato pulse

Passed back and forth with a weary smirk

Sweet as thick sweat spilling in torrents

and a buckling pain that brings you to earth
I’m going to the boundless love store

Does anybody want anything
Terrible things happen in absurdly cruel unison

The elusive moments of joy and relief feel impossible and

frankly insane when they trickle in

a finger hole chiselled crudely in the concrete sky
Everything for everyone all of the time

What else could there possibly be

How much plainer could you say it

Why else bother
Every horror spilling into every other horror

Every night the exact same nightmare

The world still spinning as if it makes any sense
Every city in the country

rich with minigolf courses that are also cocktail bars

and nowhere anyone can afford to rent

The phrase cost of living
Chloe said something or other once

About it just being one bloody thing after another

All the way to the end
Not a year to prove her wrong yet
Kiss me like the world is ending

(just in case it is)
Kiss me like the world is ending

(just in case it isn’t)