SINKHOLE 

Had I paid attention to

the tilting and slanting,

the dips and depressions,

the buckling and the cracking,

the seepage, the settling, 

the separation—

the early warning signs

that showed up

along the way—

I could have avoided

the calamity.

But I didn’t.

I just kept operating
in autopilot.

No wonder

I’m now sitting

stuck and stalled

in a sinkhole called 
duplicity.