buoy

people are no good
to each other

but without an ocean
to swallow us

we will likely
go on being
whoever
it is
we are

and I suppose
there’s
nothing wrong
with that

if you can accept
a little deceit
now and
then
hunger
and cruelty
some of the time

without an ocean
to swallow us

but rest assured
it cannot
be war
all the time

otherwise
we couldn’t tell
love and hate
apart

and because
we’re all
in this
together
in this soup
old
young
thin
fat
dead and not yet
born

all without an ocean
to swallow
us

we must keep
an eye
out
for the good parts

it’s the only
thing
we can do