i have been to the moon and back

the beginning of the big bang and the end of time

seen it all

before after and never was



hell heaven murder catastrophe

kids strung up by their parents to die

and medically sanctioned torture to boot



there is no meaning preferment no nothing



i am a shell, bizarrely empty with a tinny sound

no deep rumbles of sea surges in me



life is pale now

and i am dying