into emotional spiral
trial
tried & true and tuned
up
to trajectories, tenuous,
oh,
so strenuous, the simple
shift
of perspective,
enduring the elective
egregiously
selected despite the
void
of adoration of habit, in
undulation
the man in the mirror
berating
some kid
that yesterday lays claim,
pretending,
this farce of estrangement,
an arrangement
made in defense of the 
actor’s
off-stage identification,
a secret,
the claimant shouted,
amplified
in glorious folly, and
cowardly, if
‘twere ever believed in
actuality.

yet, we know better than
that,
temporary deployment in some
former quarters.
not for staying. only for
transit.