i am an old fool,
      blind to his age
            and his fruitless attempts
  at importance,
              slave to the motions
      of a passionless world.

      i am
inconsequential;   i am
        oblivious;       i
am hurting; i am fooled.

my ignorance keeps me around;
my complacence keeps me alive.

i am fooled; i am blind;
i am empty; i am here.