are you as alive as me
the woman chain mokeing on the curb
the doctor going to drink before seeing his wife?
are you as alive as me
the girl with worn down shoes
with worn down eyes
too old to be hers.

it would be so much simpler
if you
we're all
complex
pawns.

but we are all like gamemasters
trying to
shape the course to
your
mine
our benefit.

yes you are as alive as me.
as opressingly free to be original
as every other person.
you are as alive as me.