Bottle Episode

Time again to coordinate our defense
mechanisms. After this many mega-schisms,
it’s admittedly difficult to keep it together.
Not to be too clinical or anything.
I keep these azure specks of disapproval
for such occasions, though
their powers are limited.
Stop me if I come undressed at the seams.
Latent productive forces have yet to make a cameo,
that’s for sure. I try to keep up
with the forecasts, but
they’re just so finicky, you know?
I gotta wonder why I bother most days.
Prayer after prayer goes straight into the ashtray,
and all we can do is light up another.

-r. miller