A dark house is an
early grave. Tell you now
to light up. We have bubble-
gum and things
to chew. Repetitions,
see.
Now: golden
rectangles if you
are willing
to walk
the inner country
mile. Now: circles.
Bright and ready
for black outs. Nothing
dishonest about the end.
Always the same
place.
place.
There are many false starts,
so light them up. Tell you how
to skip town without
driving.
Jonathan listens
to Fang Island and tries
to explain. I read John
Billy by daylight,
and today
nothing here is dark.
Our mush ground purrs with
continuous thunder. Lit up
tonight like thieves.
All of us in wilderness waving
wildly
at all of us.
Jonathan tells me that dreams are
good practice for
worst case scenarios, good
practice for living
in the darkest
house. Truth is
in the dark
they are all empty
rooms so please
don't sleep. Truth
is dreams
are repetitions
of every truth. Truth is
no such thing
as truth. Truth is
better to wait until the
end for this one.
That last stanza, it really catches momentum...erasing the very steps it takes to move forward.
ReplyDeleteI could read this ten more times and still feel everything is still alert and fluid.