o great slacker

because we are in love with Absence

because we can not love what we have see see Seen

because we need to believe in the Untenable, the Unbendable

because we know nothing can last last Last

because we have coined heard the absurd the term Everlasting

because We are Ever Last

because the last shall be first shall be the lost lost Lost

because we have read nothing from Start to Finish, from Refinish to Upstart

because we slowly learn, our Slowness Leaning

because our ambition is diluted by the Sweetness of holy Herb and Sleep

because our sleep melts in the Uprightness and the Uptightness of Drive

because when we Lack we Lack so proudly and so Well

because our thoughts need to spin on Something Else and Something Other, Something More

because we Spin and Toil and are nonetheless like the Lilies

like the poor poor lilies in the field field Field

becaUSE after a while Sorrow is a tasty Meat

beCAUSE we can't see ourselves Gnawing, Chewing

BEcause there is nothing New and nothing not New, Known

beCause we like to call ourselves WE and stand Together

beCaUse that allows ME to separate out from this sown this mown this cowering Crowd

and say onto you: i am your Remembrancer, your Requiter

i am Loud in your Sickness

you are Gnashing my Teeth

in Vain