Voluntary Stasis
(I) bare, smooth and textured. inferior, nurtured. arguments swing whichever way, cat-o-nine-tails. excited veteran. frog person, bullfrog. alien settlement.(II) pacing, to and fro and to. urbanite carefully concealed. thirsty seed. brimming and blocked. to sue, to slander, to defame. safe but insecure. delinquent.
(III) angel or delinquent? an apple away. daring to deny, suffering for sin. white line on red mess. no counsel for redemption. just waiting. dried painted leaf.
(IV) directionless yet moving. a soul on a string. packed, with defensive faces. rosy and falsely shy. small, next year even smaller. caught in voluntary stasis.