(2013)
Composed 2 February
The day the Earth stood still was one minute after the Great Sun of Truth arose. Ea… awakes!
got my surfboard out and rode the photon waves: googled out!
Once we had a happy planet with apogees and perigees.
a furious air and neighborhood destruction– somebody’s lost pet
The archer aims, hoping it is true. The arrow flies. Is the eye hit new?
Clouds sail a vast blue ocean, shapes shifting in that expansive Big Sky.
gentle breeze on the beach– sudden rain
Burned flesh in the nostrils, napalm nightmare haunting the brain, destroys the rhythm of life.
Went to the hall, talked Kingdom y’all through swapping yarns for we give a darn, then sang our songs.
Snow melts. Waterfalls streaming rivulets off roofs slake the thirsty ground.
He pretends to be a hard boiled eg… He actually has a soft yolk. Sometimes, when he acts tough, he is secretly fluid. If you get to know him, he removes
dropplets, dropping down, sinking slowly in soil are Mother’s helpers.
She collected rainbows. She stored sunshine. She put moonlight away. She made stars into a crown. She drew picture clouds.
lowly paid pawns moved and sacrificed on the board– minimum wage slaves
I want to plan and to defer to my future. But, I dream and am caught by my desire.
