Will Staveley: Cogito Ergo

I am
my brain
is being altered by
my phone         the way I
seek stimulus   behind                  it

This is why I travel light              need to
______________________________ _ go to the
______bathroom                        without needing to

why I                                                         smoke
                                                                 clench jaw
                                                                 tense
                                                                 stay in bed

______________for escape
which is        crucially never ____________just
____________________________________________________to be silent

but                   I need it
                                                    music                 light
___________________________________________________reel
______ desire
_______________ substance                                       or just the promise
_______________ to make it                                      all
__________________________________________________________________ seem worthwhile
                       or not at                      ___               all

this                 attaches                               itself _______________to what I value as good
it                     separates __________________me ___________________ from what is truly good
who                is truly ________________________________________________________________good
it                    does not truly make________ me______________________________ ________ good

It obscures                               ___________ the choices                                           which are
where                                                                                I’m going
Why                                                                                   I’m doing ______________this
And I choose to be _______________________________________________________________obscured
Why                                                            am I choosing   to be               obscured

I           am         making             a          slow                 acquaintance              with
____________________________________________________________________________________ death