Extended Vacation

We've been here before.

'Dream' he said.
'Believe' she said.
Convincing no one but themselves.

A solitary voice, piercing the darkness.
Only to be ravenously consumed by abject apathy.
This matter to be annihilated by anti-matter.

We've been here before.

I write my lines
Dotting my eyes
and crossing my T

We've been here before.

Surrounded by faces I don't recognize
before realizing that I am the stranger in the room
Laughing politely
at my own demise

We've been here before.
Wait...
Oh, god...
We've never left.