Anxiety Alternative

Breeding nerves
can become a sport
akin to talking.

Like sound, nerves travel in waves.
Intense ones
move furthest or
they impact hardest, nearest

Breeding nerves can appear smart;
like ultra concerned about an issue
until the audience leaves,
then nerves return to feed on you

Animals breed nerves too.
Might simply be a survival instinct.
Maybe for humans too.

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- artwork by Juan Capistran - "Still I Rise Above"
- mailed to Hawaii -