The 4th Wall (Deadpool)

It’s not that people aren’t self-aware

It’s just that at the moment of realization

A part of us is destroyed in the process

Whether it be are mind, body, or soul

I Am uncertain

All I know is that moment

That piece of us understands

Dies

So the process can repeat itself

Or from another perspective

Repairs the 4th wall

Your realization shatters

That’s why if you think about it

The ability to continually break

The 4th wall means not having

A strong mind – rather, one that cannot die

A sign of immortality – if not a perverse version

Like Deadpool

The mutant with cancer

Constantly dying

Yet, regenerating even faster

So

When his mind shatters

Alongside the 4th wall

He’s the only man mad enough

To make a joke about his own brain matter

Splattered over the scattered glass of the TV screen


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