never nudge a nihilist

oh you may say you agree

one plus one can equal three

if that is the world we wish to perceive

 

but then you become an opera singer

saying, “me! me! meeeeee!”

 

and i see

that you haven’t thought through

the things you claim are true

 

if when the synapses stop firing

are truly the end

then death makes everything trivial

or because death is really the end

then when pondering all that comes before

nothing is trivial

 

needing an answer is the cancer

that can never be cured

one thing you confess but then in distress

you wonder why no one cares about your cause

 

but you are your own cause

and no one will pause

 

existence is a lily pad and the universe a pond

and you are the frog who sits alone

and no one will take you home

unless they can turn you into their perfect mate

with only the effort of just one kiss

 

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