locust


sometimes the world just falls away from you
everything crumbles and fades
memories are plated in gold and tarnished by the present
nothing seems quite the same
quality fails
depth evaporates
the things that once defined
are crowded by the indiscernible
and we all settle for less
once again you're alone
your life stolen away
your individuality robbed and mass produced
fadded, trendy, and eventually thrown away
discarded so that someone else could be chewed up
and spit out
the social locust
and you have nothing
not even yourself
last week's news without ever being the headline
scoffed at
"poser"
but the original...