panic

panic is a toad
filled with running warts
a boar with bloody teeth

panic is
a mirrors image

panic over
who what
and
when
is
an insidious
energy sapping
disease

panic over
time
over
place
or event
is
like a dark field
filled
with nettles

panic cripples
it is a self important
slough
over flowing
with the bile
of
worry

panic over what may come
is like
panic over
the date and time
of
extinction

panic

over
who is pleased
or
not pleased
over
fear of
retribution
money
love

is
to defeat
the joy
of
creation

there is no real room for it
no real
love
in it

panic
is a demon
a trickster
a clown
the jester of
the
darkside

don't panic