Gone

tick tick tick

the metallic sounds go click click click

in perfect

order

and lines and spaces and clever dashes

correct wording and spelling and punctuation

uniform connected

uniform

one slip

one slip and it’s finished

slip

it’s finished

there the water goes

the thin words start to run

run down the page

to the bottom

where they collect into a pool

run run run

the words mush together into a clouded little

puddle

puddle of words

imploding the brain

they drip down ruining the uniform

drip drip drip

it’s finished

the clouds finishing forming and a whimper swells

swells into a scream

the puddle mocks and teases

ruining the uniform

drip

click

gone.