Slow Children at Play

by Chris Butler

The constant deprivation of oxygen

to our brains,

causes us to be

slow children at play.

We think we’re gifted

even though we lack all

the trimmings,

chasing that bouncing

black ball across narrow

yellow roads

while blissfully depicting

caricatures in cumulonimbus

clouds;

drawn towards autistic artistry,

as innocence is meshed

into mush inside of Michelin

treads.

Only the dumb die young.