Thoughts on Pause

I stare at the wall. It stares back at me. A blank canvas

or a tragedy? The clock ticks lo-ou-ou-oud, but it's stuck on three.

I'm here, I'm here, but where's the key? A thousand thoughts,

none make a sound. Round and round and round and round.

I am trying to think, but nothing happens. Brains on pause, like a TV

with captions. Click rewind. Click rewind. Still no reactions. Trying

to think, but nothing happens. A spark, a flicker,

a shadow of a light, then poof, it's gone like a thief in