they court majestic notes round a bonfire of iniquity
confidence and fear, locked in a consummate mating struggle
love and hate watch from a distance, their champions chosen
but this was never really a fair fight, was it
as shame and sadness join in unbidden, unrequited
their raucous chorus segmented and faulty
outnumbered and overwhelmed, the exercise becomes futile
everyone plays their part, intent inconsequential
until the final drone is indistinguishable from noise
because that's all this is, isn't it
noise
