Ditches

Those scraggy somethings -

nobody spotted them

as distinctly and clearly 

as did the gallant firing squad -

if not at the same level though.

Vicious Circle

To breathe as if living

is an art as complex

as surviving.

To survive as if enjoying

is an act as involuntary 

as breathing.

In this vicious circle,

those who breathe longer,

think they have survived.

Those who couldn't survive

yearn to breathe longer.