April 4, 2018

when a golden age of anything starts ... #NaPoWriMo2018 Day 4




the nearest out of reach 
point of attainment to maintaining 
becomes a memory and not 
part of the living fabric 
space and time 
are these two constructs deconstructed 
weighted immense gravity 
and that being density 
or is it destiny 
these days ... 


splayed 
pickled penises 
are sold 
as red horn 
rear view 
danglers 
and wards 
to stave off 
the evil eye 

so much infinity this generation's knowledge 
so shallow a context ... corporate handlers 
feed the id(s) skid off runways grase the wheels 
                                                        debase paste
                                                                                                        greasy grace
palms and dirty soiled underwear vending machines 
welcome to the future 
and away we go holding the notes 

Did the prophet Micah infer there'll be a child born of no soul 
& another & another until we follow only 
division becoming so rife 
& commonplace as to stain expression 
& steal the poems 
shall we see idle hands 
as only pretenses 
being mentioned 
as ways to salvation's cause

interestingly enough 
these children's parents 
are already at temple and in church, bowed to Mecca 
all ready 
making money 
for this idolatry 
is gold 
social connective tissues are toiletries 
they knead us 
they're our needs 
weaves, being 
pleased to a 
past tense 
accepting 
all bills due 
being the last 
at feast table 


like a long pause 
or a slow heavy door that squeaks 
this poems says nothing 
and we're left waiting 
before realizing 
the silence 
that followed 
was 
the last act ...

these days 
and 
this is important 
please remember 
it's okay to be stupefied 
tied to expression 
that makes you laugh 
chances are when you're fingernail 
scratching blackboards 
with your falsetto rendition 
of johnny mathis 
we'll have soupy sales 
buckets of foam peanuts 
to toss your way
put on some break beats 
and oil slick the shit over the top of it 
dive delve dollop and dance 
find where you're comfortable 
in and out of your pants 
so when the curtains are drawn 
open to close 
you know where 
and why 
the wind blows 
sentient ghost clocks 
wound round 
eons of old video games 
we find ourselves in 
playing stationary 
exploration as 
remember when 
was the name 
of the ship 
we last sailed 
o'er our horizons 

you're breaking protocol 
you're breaking 
some Miller daughter's hymen 
sum humankind shine 
seams bare patina bind 
old history stole 
told story by story 
linkage 2 holey bones 
the articulations and movements we echoed 
when wanting to be rain, Antigone 
waiting by the sea 
craw, claw and fire 
liar liar wanting 
to put my pants 
back on 

EJR © 

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