Wake up with the salt in a streak
A residual cave painting
The minerals dripped down your cheek
Must have been crying in your sleep

Dreamt of the sadder things
Or let the realities creep in
Spin the wheel and see where it lands

Eyes as mirrors within mirrors
Bouncing smaller and more distant drafts of me
As our cells divide, we mutate sometimes
Mistakes in our code imbed structurally

Did you try to read
The background of the scene?
The junk words on the prop signs?
The padding chatter between,
Backdrop recurring extras,
And the stranger NPCs?
That spawn off-stage from nowhere,
And are never seen to leave?
Noticed cryptic nods to subplot,
Eerie clues to deeper themes?

The hidden messages designed to be ignored
But meaning can’t help seeping into all

Did you do something wrong?
They’re talking about you behind your brain
Which busted duct did the whispers creep in from
And what is it they say?

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