Stop

Shhh!
Maybe no one else has noticed yet
The huge sliding chunks
Of the 1970s, 80s, 90s and 2000s
That are jarring loose
All around you
The center
The one you imagined was there
Could not hold
There's probably still time though
Before anyone else sees
For you to apply
Yet another round
Of plaster fixatives
If you hurry

Stop

Let it come apart
Let everything that you believed
To be keeping out your pain
Fall
Because that isn't
Any slouching rough beast
On the other side
Of the cracking wall
It's a very lonely child
Who only wants to meet you