11/14/08 So Close and Yet

So far, I've done a pretty good job
bullshitting my way through
so no one needs to notice.
Actually, it has maybe more to do
with the fact that the three d's
(desperation, depression, disorientation)
seem to have become the norm around here.

Tough times, and all that.
Who do you know who doesn't struggle?

I mean, if this were the 50's
people might say I have "little spells"
like they said about Mrs. Clutter.
Truman might have given it a good 5 pages,
working up to something more interesting.
One mind shattering quietly in a dark room
has yet to make a headline. Or a plot line.

But then again, if this were the 50's,
I would have valium.