Look too closely you’ll see pieces.
Sections missing.
Hours spent trying to match the photo on the box.
Examining each nugget to see what fits
The satisfaction of a completed puzzle
shellacked and mounted on the wall
Next to the others.
Standing in line
Prizes of our determination to finish
Onto the next 10,000 pieces.
The last more challenging than the next
Brief payoff
Move Move MOVE
Trophies tarnish with time
Placed in glass cases for safe keeping
from who?
Who cares but the carer
the one wearing the mask of winner
Hiding unfulfillment of a moment realized
A life lost reaching for the next
madness
Wanting to want
Not
get
But
Want again
Missing the piece
of having
accomplished.