Scattered breaths of blue between curbed plastic and polished stone. The slow upward curve of a sharpened life. Until the nosedive into dust. Each conscious nudge scrabbling ever downward, by incremental swaths. Lost daylight hours, multiplied by zero, divided by fatigue. Looking backwards into a mirror of melting. A familiar face with abrupt cracks. Unfocused hazel eyes. Self-perpetuating deterioration in the struggle against geriatricism.

12:39 p.m. - 2023-03-17