clawing from within
and breaking
through to the
other reality
there is no
welcoming anything
for him
And in the search
for the ever-elusive
instantaneous wisdom
of his new being
he stumbles
in the wake
of increasing ignorance
In an attempt
to separate himself
from that repulsive
filth
he mistakenly cleanses
himself of
Everything
and so he says,
to no one in particular,
"I washed myself"
and then
he fell into that
sadly pathetic
summation of
his life