the broken, the chipped, the darkly lit
the submerged, the blurred, the unexpected
the torn, the sodden, the overlooked
the accident, the underfoot
the worn, the cracked
the clumsily mended
the marked, the stained
neglected, untended
the lateness, the hurried
the forgotten, the lost
the pain, the surrender
the sob, the laugh
the splotch, the grime
the victimless crime
the off-kilter, the wilted
the jammed-up filter
the message, the delay
the lack of response
the sour taste
the faked nonchalance
the kind, the foolhardy
the limping, the lazy
the not–too–strong
the little–bit–crazy
the secret totems
the dull things that shine
the haunted, the heartbreak
one too many times