North, South

north rises, creative bursts of glory Napoleon’s dream of faroff campaigns chaotic scribbling, flamboyant plans at the speed of light all night long, unused sleep south’s freefall, energies once great, abate under inescapable gravity, black hole of suicide-ideation predicted, this nightfall of Jekyll’s mood dip into the sugar addicted brain, amitalkingtoofastforyouagain? justdon’tcarewhattheysay--screw the Xanax i’d rather feel anything than be numb