Kinda Wasted Time

It's kind of wasted time,
but I would otherwise be at a loss
for things to do and
feel like a real piece
so I'm poking red blotches
and waiting for them to turn forest and coal and
Atlantic water pea-ed blue
enough to stand rubbing elbows
with other people
without thinking of
the faded colors of maps
I left on the insides of you.