Buffering

Between the random pauses  
Where the video buffers...  
When the traffic lights turn red...  
Pauses in the mindless continuity  
Of the here to the there...  
Periodic blank moments  
Between the then and the now...  
Moments if sporadic metacognition...  
The smell of hospital waiting rooms and brightly lit hallways polished...  
Bits of experience dropped here and there...  
Standing in line at the grocery store...  
Idling in the drive-through...  
Struggling with the effects of executive disorder...  
Just moving is like changing a planet's orbit...  
Universal forces bending takes infinite effort...  
Feeling gravity pulling...  
Aware of the constant flow of particles forcing mass down...  
The immense weight of the immaterial  
Inventing itself moment by moment...  
Drop by drop  
Collecting in the empty spaces...  
Condensing the moisture out of the atmosphere...  
Hot air passing over the fins and coils...   
Energy transfer communicating data packets...  
Situational awareness...  
Water slowly seeping out from under the molding by the door...  
Time traveling while the elevator decides when to arrive...  
Hovering over the microwave  
When the countdown approaches zero...  
An incomplete circle swirling at the center of the screen...   
Buffering...  
Intermittent connection...  
Sharing the source,  
Finite, but infinite...  
There is all the time in the world to decide...  
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