and the beat goes on

it's a long

discussion on the phone.

we try

to figure out the world,

never an easy

task to take on, we discuss

the behaviors

of those far,

of those close.

all these labels of toxicity

to apply,

don't mean a thing,

any attempts to diagnose

the mentally ill

are fruitless.

you can't change people

who don't

see anything wrong

with themselves,

so the beat goes on

as they great philosopher

Sonny Bono

once said.