taken by a sudden light
he never wanted out
but he is now.


they wait until his mother lands
to give her news she won’t understand.
everyone on the ground is
already trying to figure it out.


she’s alone but she’d never tell
she feels her lover ought to
know her well
enough to call, enough to ask
enough to try though
he don’t understand.


he’s just diving in
to where she’s already been
talking to the dead
talking to the dead




in the age of forgetting
we’re excessively evading
the facts and the physics
of what’s becoming non existent.
and in the interest of distraction
i’m just looking for some
kind of reaction


but i’m talking to the dead
talking to the dead