CIX.
April 22, 2012 § Leave a Comment
Earth Day
bleached-white tiny fossils of a duck
four months —five months? since we met last
organs, excavated
feathers sparse, marks of time
unthreading sinew,
pale orange webbed motors
little nothing
of Oneness
no eyes no heart no lungs
maggots! make way for Now & Laters, Ritz, Twix, Tootsie rolls, Kettle, Hostess, Frito-Lay, Keebler, Chex, Cola, Cola, Cola, Cola, Cola, Hershey, Doritos, Kotex, Airheads, Little Debbie, Wonka, Oscar-Meyer, Oberto, Quaker, Honey Maid
(all natural) (organic) (USDA approved) (100% wheat) (recyclable) (renewable) (sustainable)
dropped here, forgotten, by human hands
hands: for invention, for demolition
plastic! seep to Our Iron Core
our Engine
revs; it sputters, kicks
converge, diverge; we rebuild
fiercer, much too sustainable we are
LXXV.
December 24, 2011 § 1 Comment
Here is Time
its incessant presence
says, to Me,
“why heap so much upon us? why not enjoy us fuller?”
Say, to It,
“fuller, am I, the Heaped Upon..overwhelmed, yes, though, more satisfied, much fatter in heart as I am less so in wallet.”
- -
late afternoon
the life of the mayfly begins
they molt twice
mate
lay eggs.
they lack mouths. they do not feed.
they die before dawn
- -
late whenever
I write
run
sing
love.
I do not lack much but the answer for “why?”
LXXIV.
December 18, 2011 § Leave a Comment
Asleep by midnight,
awake by three. I cannot beat down
the brain rehearsing songs in my sleep,
the brain revising sentences it wrote weeks or even months ago,
sentences now out of its control,
control never belonging to me.
- -
Novalis
Krakauer
Carlyle
dominate
me
- -
two miles
then four, daily
then six, I run. The headaches, gone. The body, electric.
