tenants in common

tenants in common
always give and take
in apart mental fashion

never failing to share
a home life
expropriately

otherwise
the laws divide
and tear apart
their will

the losses accounted
and observed
every year

when added to
the gains recalled
and compounded
each moment

reduced of course
because we slaked
our thirst
upon the poison

equal the materiels
that the builders
left behind

maintaining personal space
outpaced
by the other runners
in this race

forever flailing
and failing to see
how few
of those builders’ tools
we inherently need

the equation was lost
and thus
the spacéd remain