Indifference applied as torture —
On my part

wistful, wistfully unnerved —
an ethics valet —

So your free hand betrayal
can be decently fondled.

I’m trying to be a better person
beach fishing

for a hardline self presence,
staying positive as an old salt cajoles.

Taking pleasure from firs, looking up
through wrought iron, 5th floor...

nobody ever goes higher than
this, what we make our habit in life.