Scales

The scales
Read more today
Than they did yesterday
Less than they may tomorrow
Widened again, the screen above your
feet portray an unpleasant truth perhaps like
the news of an earthquake after a storm, the turning
ticking clock ever present in the back of your mind as if it
matters. But perhaps not, perhaps the scales lie,
Lying through their numbered teeth, lie
flat on the cold tiled floor where
people tell you, they
tell you it means
something.