i am reading you too fast

i am reading you too fast
pauses, your
spaces
your punctuation

my mind wanders
irritably rushing
scanning your lines
moving on to the next
page i turn
you over

it's hard on my eyes
this impatient skim
the flurry of letters
jammed together in a nonsensical nest
i do not need
to take the time, to read this
again
again
again

i turn
you over
again
i am reading you too fast.

nothing personal

nothing personal

the clock will strike you

hands tearing at your limbs

you shatter and explode

your dust is swept away

your history erased.



a message to you

keep your head down.