Nameless Whatever

Madly
but above madness
I rant against dirty light
  as I stumble into obscurity.

There’s no rest for the leery.
No escape hatch in sight.
No rescue from inhuman cacophony.
Solitude exhales dust--
 inhales dark vacuum.

The sadists laugh
as I tumble into burning horizons, 
awaiting a rendezvous
   with a nameless Whatever.

--njv (2024/25)