10.

jeans that stick
so close to the legs
they infiltrate the mind,
take control of the central
cortex of thought, dictate shallow
inconsistencies liable to be questioned

that will not be questioned
because they will not be noticed
because (A-HA!) nobody cares what
you might say or think, inconsistency does
not matter -- content is not important -- it's all

about who you know,
what they do, how you met
where you're going, how they
will help you get there what you
will do for them later, it's more about

an image
on a face that
was once a person.