Spans ((-))

I've been taking a lot of showers lately.
Not so much because I feel dirty (which I don't)
or am always cold and they change that (which I and they do)
but because it's a brief window of time spent away -
not so much a way to temporarily escape the world (which it's become)
but that it's a span of time away from not only the damn phone (it's mostly that),
but a brief pause hoping to bridge the gap from when you last sent word (three hours ago)
and from the next moment when that string of binary will come (maybe after the shower)
In fact I'm sitting in the shower now (on the floor)
but can't quite get away from commenting (I never could)
As you've recently shown me, this hope is vain (which I won't believe)
and I should start living life away from my chain (though I'm not sure how)
So maybe after this brief interlude,
I'll come back and have found these words (which I won't)
and get to take another shower (repetition is key)
Hot water on, pants down, cold water off,
sweater/t-shirt/hoodie up, it's time to pray.