undertaking humanity
I
am reading the news
the
no hope blues
broadcast
here
the
wheelmen snooze
forge the swords
to
secure the doors
to
evolution spirit dwellers
fleshed
mechanicals
bi-pedal
flowers
without
the soul component
to
grow in cages
while
nature rages
in
the sanctuary of televisions
blinding the outsides of windows
we
fit justice as a what is
and
will be after we seem
to
be ever-finishing wiping our feet
with
the rich beauty
of
never-waking or walking
we
are just talking heads
we
delve into these little boxes
wires
and screens
the
careens from the smell of things
we
are over eager to please
for
accolades instead of accomplishments
but
not to be too bent
we’ve
sent men to the Moon
only
to plant flags of ownership
of
a lover we forgot to foreplay with
or
maybe we didn’t forget
so
much as didn’t get
the
slow sumptuous build up
a
divinity in Love needs
no
we dig trenches
weight
benches for muscled
short
rooted crops
that
are a constant thirsty brood
instead
of finding seasonal food
that
gives us what the land has meant
to
offer without science leaping ahead
of
the unquantifiable story of Jack’s beanstalk
no
goose can lay the golden eggs forever
and
we just might be taking
our
last roll in the heather
trees
of knowledge be damned
the
ego is sold in fruit and vegetable stands
they
say eat me instead and speed ahead
to
where your limbs are no longer needed
as
we will soon perfect
the
wired for sound of
the
disembodied head
that
can just play fantasy games
with
the rendering of an absolute
each
player has infinite lives in here
and
a short shelf life everywhere else
banished to the next shelf
fitted with boxes of locks
you see Pandora
knew
as did Hypathia
and
the others like them
that
gave humanity knowledge
to
understand itself as part of something
that
cannot be conquered
by
any part of the whole
so
that we just might keep
more
than hope in this hole
we
are digging trying to spy
any
Heaven in the black
we
can steal
for
a bit more light
in
this ever bright
dark
world of ours
EJR
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