even_the_sky_goes_grey
raze a single strand of cloud
slices through the blue haze
of morning still unmade —

an ineffective headband
reminding my eyes
nothing is immune
to the indignities
of growing old.

not even the hair
that lines the house
the world built
from secondhand secrets
and unloved lies.
240211
what's it to you?
who go
blather
from