Digital Labyrinth


Grab a headlamp
and find a line of descent
into the labyrinth of
URLs
more dead ends
than enlightened narrative

It's lonely down here
with the
(mis)information
no sign of meaning
listen...
Something more
powerful and impervious
to darkness
a solo
human voice





Waves


Roiling, coiling across the planet
Ocean monsters
Fresh water white caps
Pond ripples
Submerged surface
Wind instigated
Under dark hours and sunsets
Rolling, rolling
Freedom of the seas
When does it become apparent?
Predestination to the shore
Chained procession
Ahead, behind
Isolated, yawing troughs of emptiness
Unfurling lifetimes of energy
Days, hours, minutes
Against shore of sand
Or coast of rocks
White noise
Full and final absorption





Into Darkness


Every day
makes a difference
but inside
the darkened library
I lost that knowledge







Interstate Banquet


Balled bag 
cold fries
unopened ketchup packets 
not wasted
with crushed Marlboro butt
worth a puff or two
the perfect digestif.  

Now served
on a bed of berm 
doused in gravel gravy 
puddles 
fanned by  
irregular traffic eddies
milepost 178. 





Irony of Loyalty


I make my monsters
loyal
while my friends
come and go.