Spaghetti Epilepsy
loud restaurant
patrons converse colloquially
speak with rowdy passion,
then speak louder
to be heard over
the passion surrounding them
everybody subconsciously is forced to outdo the other
when they could so easily speak with peace in the first place.

I have nothing to say,
nor anything to hear
but I hear all
but I can’t make anything out
because this restaurant
this room, from ground to towering ceiling,
the entire human race
it is all in discord.

Spotlights shine down on us,
being eclipsed by:
a fan that just can’t rotate fast enough
but scampers anyway like a dog after its own tail.
It dices through
the light
shadow
light
shadow
a slideshow of a light show
slow-mo
but so damn fast too, yo
cerebral like
a rave
that servevs spaghetti ‘stead of E
a spluttering wave
crest rising
and splashing hard down
on my neck,
I gotta hit the deck
I gotta bounce
but I can’t move
trounced
with epilepsy.
And damn is this feckin’ jacket is hot as a bitch.