Tuesday, January 6, 2015

wow, would you look at the hour


screen shot of the universe

can you fit it all in the head of a pin?

 

can two hours after midnight

be the moment i fit it all in?

 

l. a.

i guess this is winter

and i splinter

from the impact

of the fact

that i’m looked to for leadership

and i feel so ill-equipped

 

when i sense their concern

what is it for which you yearn?

 

every remake of the planet of the apes

says apes can’t be free

unless they swing through the trees

with a purpose that makes them

like you and me

 

hopefully your purpose is not my approval

because i listen, watch and observe

with a presupposition

that if this milky way galaxy

were to disappear

the universe would not even blink

 

anyway

it is cold

so i need to keep moving

 

cigarette, flask

and the new shoes i got for christmas

 

and the best company i find

is my mind

because everyone else imagines

fairy tales read by warm fireplaces

 

removing the chill one would find

in the endless and empty expanse

of space, especially the extreme

in-between

one solar system and the next

 

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