inch

everything is blue
and pale
and crisp
and cold.
Everything is fresh
and nothing is old
and time stretches into a dull thump
that disturbs frozen ground
not an inch.

you can measure out your life in internet torrents
everybody can
the signs of existence
breath
pulse
downloads.

once there were cats.
once there was fear.
once there was smoke
and haze
and the air was never clear
but now everything
is blue
and every part of you
stretched into frozen time
that disturbs dull ground
not an inch.