Half-Life Montage

verdant roses on the jade table...



Faustian poppies plump and red 

on the wall

of the kitchen and of 'the soul'

or what's left of that once 

significant entity-



such is life beneath the oak trees

of invalidity and elysium-

to part the clouds of past horror

with art or music or semi-poisonous potions

is about what you can do-



trust me: they're of fine leather

but you wouldn't want to walk a mile 

in these half-life shoes