there are puzzle pieces strewn
across dilapidated, wooden tables,
and we try to revive the remnants
by forcing the corner-angles into our
nearly correct places.
but Big Brother says that
they are just facts powered by esoteric insights,
which we would never comprehend.
the paintings on the wall hold latent value,
engraved forever on the opposite face,
and every mistake-ridden action
passes by us.
we are to acquiesce,
to dupe the wet paint into soaking
through our bones instead.
