what is this?

"what you've got I want"

across the hall, he sees it:
the brighter light of the better half
so he takes a few shots and stumbles into my room
trying to get there fast, "i need this"
and i shake my head, eyes to the sun
each of us just another devoted satellite
to the brighter fires on the other side of the hall

:~:

The new survival mantra: "nothing important."