I want this to be hard to swallow,
Like ice cubes and sand.

DO NOT be a worshipper of martyrs and fiction,

those characters of present and past the point
Of just existing.

Keep listening to the message
through headphones turned up too loud,

avoid the newspaper headlines,
shambles,
decay,
bullet casings all over
the sidewalk on your street
Keep walking,
talking,
dreaming,
evolving
ignoring