Wednesday, August 23, 2017

lingering in the layers of dust that has yet to settle


when given a certainty

it is given as absolute

 

you tango with their truth

but then you sleuth,

“if no elbows should be on the table

that should include elbow macaroni”

 

then comes their clarifications

and all you can think

“but that’s exactly what i’m saying

all things are relative”

 

*

 

staring at the level lines

stripped of all the trappings

that tether to the who

which is supposed to be you

 

i’m only experiencing a dimension of me

enjoying the music i really love

without critical critiques

of the kind of freak

who would want that on their playlist

 

*

 

no kiss, a remiss

absence of bliss

face caress

queen’s behest

i pass the test

for this semester

 

then fester in the forgotten face

i’ve tried to replace

but subtle changes do not erase

the memories of you

 

*

 

clouds disperse

abandoning their roll

as the sun’s hearse

i’m not well versed

in the victimology

of sunshine visions

 

i lack precision

in the preparation

of finding a point

 

*

 

i try to talk to you

if the night sky is black

and the morning sky blue

we are two separate hues

trying to dilute the other

 

the dawn and dusk

have always seemed

like the moment when

two hands are letting go

at first so slow

then sudden release

 

a decrease

leaving no crease

no reminder

 

this is how you’ll find her

and me

separate but un-equal

in our abilities to be

the hue everyone enjoys

nighttime ploy

or the day’s divinity

 

*

 

butterflies pinned

lepidopterology

their names like numbers

underneath

 

nothing to bequeath

beyond the frail beauty

of dead things

 

have you ever been in a butterfly net

admired by an expert on you

kept alive so you can die

and become part of their collection

 

there can be no insurrection

if they’re all dead

 

*

 

let me hide my hatred

in words of polished stone

 

i am not alone

i am here with myself

dancing in mirrors of disgust

 

if i must

i can wipe the glass clean

but it will not enhance

the reflection of forwards eyes

 

can you guess who i most despise

you cannot compromise

when you have no wafers to break

and pass around the table

 

*

 

morning fable

is morning able

to acclimate me

without the memories

of my dreams

 

i sift through my playlist

select send me an angel

and watch the clouds drift

without any control over their condition

 

i cannot predict what the clouds

will do next

if the clouds have no control

and don’t know

than how can i

 

the sun may not be solid

but its solidarity

is in the clouds

the sun bathing crowds

the virgins sacrificed to a star

that doesn’t know we are here

 

no amount of appeasement

will stop the sun

from sending us on the run

on that day

when there will be

nowhere to hide

 

solar suicide

will provide

a new heavens

a new earth

giving birth

to a pluto

that gets sucked into

its hole of mystery

 

where even time

loses itself

becomes something different

if it even continues

to exist at all

 

nothing crawls

without a destination

but the motivating inclination

encounters incisors

ready to rip the throat out

 

scream or shout

will have no route

as your vocal chords

drip from the jaws

of juxtaposition

 

a condition of expectation

is the most terminal of all

 

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