Smoke Trails – Written Friday 16th February 2024 (Aged 48)

Smoke Trails

someone told me about a person…
yet,
i do not know them,
and,
in reality,
i do not care…
i am just here –
trying to look after my internal combustion engine
and that, ‘stuff’,
to me,
is somewhere over there
i do not have an opinion –
on all the things the idle rich and the idle famous do
i cannot find the space
and i certainly cannot make the time
and then, i realise, it never ends
anyway,
it is exhausting hanging onto these current trends
i am just here –
trying to look after my internal combustion engine
i watch,
as people take a shovel and then dig deep
and then, they get caught up with other peoples streets
someone said something to me,
it was about a latest trend
but i am just here,
and all i am trying to do is conserve,
as my life becomes a journey,
one where i am constantly trying to mend
it is exhausting clinging onto these smoke trails
it is never ending, following the latest gossip and trends

James Garratt – Friday 16th February 2024

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