Compression

Stackable living
  hackable lives

On top of each other
  like bees in a hive

Inside a box
  hard corners to know

A neighbor above
  a neighbor below

Stackable moments
  fractional lies

The walls serve two masters
  invasion implied

All differences measured
  in bedrooms and floors

A blueprinted nightmare
  its maze underscored

Stackable meaning
  the truth wearing thin

Its elevator stuck
  stairs covered in sin

The higher you climb
  the farther you fall

Stackable living
 —the death of us all

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2018)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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March 1, 2018 at 3:08 PM
Kurt, awesome poem. Very insightful. I live in a condo building so I can relate wholeheartedly. Superbly done.
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