as a kid I always pretended 

to escape any situation 

 

attacks from monsters 

sudden impacts, super-villianesses 

 

now that I’m grown I’ve never known 

clean escapes without consequences

 

dragging my body through a zone 

lit by memories and burning questions 

 

situations, complications 

degrees of humiiation

 

strength of weapons, nerve damage

heart attacks, financial ruin  

 

as man I’ve got no plan 

jumping from moment to moment

 

I see the end before it begins 

and I move towards it