Worry
what vast damage is done to the once healthy body
when the stress of life comes into focus
bearing down upon the back, turning the hair gray
making the hair fall out &
making the heart palpitate
rendering the body useless,
soon to deteriorate from the inside
out---
our cells shrink & wither
our arteries get filled & stuffed up with plaque
all corresponding to the lifestyle of
21st century "progress"---
so this is what we have evolved for?
this place where the common goal of all humans is to
make more money or die trying?
and we watch our bodies fall apart &
we listen to our own screams
tell the tale of the "bliss" that we have attained,
having come this far,
finding that if there is nothing to worry about,
that there is a new worry that
because there is nothing at present to worry about,
a new surprise worry is coming!
Copyright © Andrew Delapruch | Year Posted 2012
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