wisdom tooth

our goal is not to have a goal,
it's not to increase them as we sober up to drink,
as we're slowed & rushed along the conveyor belt

it's to redefine or do away with
the mortgaged, assembled & packaged in another country
ideas of success, of happiness

it's to try things at home (truth's never age appropriate),
to reassign blame, disarm pain,
to track down & torture hope, aspiration

the hell with posturing, keeping others in the loop,
with sharing tryout dates,
our monologues, trials & tribulations with the world

through serendipity, diligent work,
we have put purpose in its place,
we've become allergic to goal-god-oriented people


c. a. campos, 2012