STATES

Yeah, I know. I should be grading papers, leaving sticking notes, washing my clothes, thumbing through pages. Yeah, I know. I didn't use a conjunction. Did it on purpose. Yeah, I know. I don't quite feel ready to conform to conformity. Don't quite feel the need. Just sitting here. Waiting, waiting on a poem. I am waiting for the poem to run through my veins. Run through my mind. Please words, be ever so kind. Reveal yourselves to poor, poor me. I am in a state. Catatonic comes to mind... here is comes!

STATES

by Maureen Ucles

I am in a state

Not a

solid, liquid or gas.

Nah!

I am in a state of mind.

Catatonic

if you wanna know... 

the truth

Veritas

What's that?

Pilate  to Jesus

Truth

My truth

What's that?

Like I said

In a state

saturated

can't take any 

any more

any less

anything

I need some time

to breath

to wail

to chill

for just 

a second

millisecond

 Time

please

 stop...

slow motion

 complete notion

I espouse

State

of mind

gotta come out

willing

to let it fly

TIME

 must

slow down

my time

my place

my choice

my face

wish 

I

could 

move

enjoy

time

Oh, it's time

I say

looking up

ostentatious clock

moves

erratically

twice a day

moving forward

warp speed

wish it was

me

that easy

Scotty,

Beam me up!