Five Poems (hovering between the absurd and the existential): This Crumbling of Consciousness

This absurd descent 

this dire movement 

this downward undoing 

this failure of flight 

this broken chronology 

this review of unfinished goodbyes 

this spectacle of fear 

this display of inept defiance 

this inadequacy of words 

this horrific narrative 

this crumbling of consciousness 

one last prayer for ascent 

as articulate and cogent as mortality 

unanswered unanswered unanswered…

J.J. Steinfeld

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Canadian poet/fiction writer/playwright J. J. Steinfeld lives on Prince Edward Island, where he is patiently waiting for Godot’s arrival and a phone call from Kafka. While waiting, he has published 25 books, including An Unauthorized Biography of Being (Stories), Absurdity, Woe Is Me, Glory Be (Poetry), A Visit to the Kafka Café (Poetry), Gregor Samsa Was Never in The Beatles (Stories), Morning Bafflement and Timeless Puzzlement (Poetry), Somewhat Absurd, Somehow Existential (Poetry), Acting on the Island (Stories), and As You Continue to Wait (Poetry).