utopia of an uncertain origin

 
 
accepting hell as  
causally as others  
dine out.  
 
the romance of  
making love to  
the shadows  
of pain.  
 
a bird in the  
hand,  
 
birds that flock  
together,  
 
birds of  
prey,  
 
eyes plucked from  
blindness to see  
the devils  
truth...  
 
that everything  
is nothing, and  
nothing is  
everything,  
 
a commedia  
dell 'arte,  
 
and tears are  
funny.  
 
it is  
to  
laugh,  
 
but  
no  
one  
is  
laughing.