instructions to the game

roaming round
the pitter pats, making sounds
electrifying energy
explosive pops
illuminating my dark.
to the speed of a hummingbird's wing
so to a kitten's mock
the piercing of a serpent's fang, riddled shock.
offset the duality
bookending the plausibility
in what, i take stock.
the narrow of the most narrow
moreover a needle.
still hearing the sounds
motionlessly now
yet still roaming round.
so this is meant?
literary nonsense
utterly spent.
prolific in jargon
repeat that... i beg your pardon
finding, challenging not to bark
increasingly losing the part
misrepresented as a target's mark
unavoidable as a weed to a garden
so you lurk,
promises,
failed, temporal, the bargain.