endless leisure hours as distorted time stretch before me...

like the infinite vista
upon the midwestern plain

farther than the eyes of mine

(an ascetic and copacetic

shortsighted father of two grown

twenty something daughters)

can no longer see,

since sockets severely seared

staring at the hypnotic screen

blindsided courtesy the magnificent 7

(a group of seven

major technology companies
that consistently outperformed
the overall stock market,

particularly in recent years)

severed mine "ocular orbs,"
leaving a comfortably numbskull
bonafide USDA approved
nondescript puny skeleton
once sported a sexagenarian
sliding seventy inches
down into the behavioral sink
dwarfed by teeming masses
of dead people,

(who once possessed a sixth sense)

sporting telltale signs of misery
somnambulance courtesy prolonged insomnia

a sorry escape for a Dreamcatcher

standing under the dome (more so
wobbling on spindle shanks

awaiting Rita Hayworth
and Shawshank redemption),

though I never flinch
head and shoulders above me,
where their vestigial swallowed tail
(shriveled and atrophied coccyx
resembling dessicated wild asparagus),

the bony husk, the body, the firestarter

illustrating emotionally tattooed
generic common John Doe
among skeletal husks
of emaciated humans
wolfishly fighting over scraps
confusing yours truly (me)
as some tasty morsel
with weathered gristle
remains of the day
from a freshly fielded kill
concentration camp victim
mostly bleached lovely bones
charred courtesy bonfire of the vanities
the aftermath of cannibals
partying after experiencing reefer madness
strongly resembling animated
stoned temple pilots
base sic lee emulating 10,000 maniacs
frolicking with more'n one
barenaked lady supertramp wannabe
turning her cheap trick
ohm my dog after getting a charge
quaffing electric kool aid acid test
gifted me with aforementioned hallucinations
to escape the cares and concerns
of an uncertain future,
hence I never wanna venture out
nor can yours truly (me)
break free and clear of this cell
tethered with omnipotent cables
of human bondage
approximating as a quasi umbilical cord
housed in Apartment b44
analogous to be encapsulated
and livingsocial as if born again
within pseudo makeshift uterus
no longer experiencing desperation
to venture outside
into the webbed wide world
because I feel safe and sound
ensconced under the covers

away from the coming fury
where opposing armies never call retreat
meanwhile the cursor blinks
as the writer of these words sits stupefied

yawning chasms that could swallow a Mack truck
despite just arising
from a siesta moments ago

dead set to let thought unspool

analogous to a meandering river

baffling the casual observer

why a more direct route

from mountaintop to base

did not manifest destiny

"a riddle wrapped in a mystery
inside an enigma"

which origins of the phrase
can be traced back to a statement
made by Winston Churchill
in 1939 regarding the Soviet Union.