5 descendent of 2

and I insert
within collision
an incomplete aside
since

this place manhandles me like a slot machine
I recoil from the impression -
an unpretentious level becomes tactless obstruction
whose demands deform my impolite adornments

- by relapsing this theatrical extra
and returning to awkwardness
I tarnish my abc’s
with untutored spectators
too handy for the shade
too conclusive to transpire

watchful, I rest on a humid stool to hand,
in the eternal passageway
keeping my feet off the ungrateful doormat
as a light beam singles me out
do I blend in? or divide?

to depict,
and return over

in exploiting an inflection, glibness renovates discretion.