WASHED AWAY

WASHED AWAY

washed some
ants down the drain
they did not scream
did not complain

did it as thoughtlessly
as we might get genocided
by an advanced civilization
from a distant galaxy
or closer to home

guilt or innocence
accident or
intention
you call I believe,
falls under
your jurisdiction

but I
can’t give
evidence

face
cross examination

can’t even
see you, am blind
without my glasses
and I seem
to have misplaced them

lacking them
impairs my
pattern recognition
and my perspective
on morality

give me a moment,
let me
indeed
call a timeout

find my glasses
put them on

see what in
tarnation I appear
to have signed up for

what these vague squiggles
signify
   I have written on this page here