Ordinary,

middle-of-the-line,

average,

simple,

median

midline life

of what was Before,

but it’s the After

post-crisis,

picking up pieces

and trying to fit

the ‘normal’ in the non,

the average in the odd,

the sane in the new.

There is no turning back

to the Before, the world

spins on, and we try

to follow the median,

Happy Medium, but never

truly can be it again.