Ennui

The Only Black Swan
Nov 1 · 2 min read

Floating feeling in stomach,
got to remind myself
to dumb it,
down.
Ennui’s
Not a word
that you’ve probably preferred
go look it up
and observe
what happens to your stomach,
that churn is existential.
I used to live for maximum potential
but the all the furious striving
feels like the ego jiving.
Wrapped up in a bow,
bio- hacks, abs and efficiency
all the conniving.
Ennui
I mean who’s driving?
And where are we going?
’Cause we all get nowhere, it’s an identical…

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