The Plan

What they say – take that for granted. No one means a word they pipe out from their mouths or ink out from their pens. They don’t believe it either. At the end of the long lost day, it’s still just that same phrase they thought they’d pull off a certain novel they’d read; a particular phrase they’d learnt and used again and again.

They can go on forever here. Until it’s old and tired but they won’t let that happen. Until they mean the word they say. Or keep the word they say. Either way, they lose. So better not. Better not if they want to keep going.

But they’ll pass. It’s always elevating, escalating, up up and away. To nowhere. What else do you know that we don’t already know that you don’t already know we know? Don’t forget to breathe. Don’t forget to fold up the magazine. Don’t forget to blow on the coffee, stretch your back, say something salient – just like everyone else does.