signs of the times

the clocks drift hours apart all the time.

people wake after sleeping for a day or more, and feel the same as if they'd slept only a couple of hours.

the phones never stop ringing, and they're all wrong numbers.

the traffic is always gridlocked, and there's an accident every few hours at every intersection.

no matter where you go, you can always hear sirens.

the air here is far heavier than our sense of rightness can support.