om1ss!on of the 9th letter.

a.
m1nd stares down
so s1ck of “!”-
my me myself
m!ne, all m1ne.

and all the words
!ns1de
the m?nd,
so self absorb
-ed-
!d, keeps on
talk;ng.

the only one
that matters.

am al:ve. am a l/e,
so scared.
am all so self
!mport
-ant.
am so
sell
-f1sh,
and am so weak from
talk!ng,
th1nk;ng
about me,
me.
forget me
and leave me out of
h1!s
-story.

b.
the only1 that matters.
the only one anyone remembers.
all the characters and heroes
just a few names to sample the past,
but that doesn’t last
as the last become
first.

c.
i,
looks so alone,
but so obsessed with
its self, itself.
i
becomes useless
and insignificant
as even age fades
when memory passes.

03.13.03.