Saturday, May 16, 2009

Avoidance

Right now, I know there are things

which I ought to be doing:

eating has lost some of its flair lately,

but this is a thing that

probably needs to transpire pretty soon,

 

a string of my guitar has decided—

unceremoniously I might add—

that it would feel better in

a state of snappedness

than in its rather

more useful

form of

fullness,

 

there are so many words that need to be shot

from the slingshot of my mind

that I’m finding it difficult to wrangle them in

and choose the smoothest ones

for the appropriate writing project at the time,

 

plans probably ought to be made

for the evening

as this afternoon washing from the gods

can’t last forever,

 

and there are always clothes to wash,

 

but,

somehow,

 

all I want to do

is write a poem

and experience

the freedom of

my mind in the

words coming

out in front of

me on a blank

background.

 

It's creation to avoid…

but what?

 

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Augustine’s Confesions/Futurama/Mad Max/Flowers

As I walked through

Lake Park, Ochang today

I found that the flowers

emitted a fragrance that was

just for me:

 

amidst its cornucopial

iridescence—visually

stimulating to be sure

--there was something

 

I couldn’t touch.

 

welcome to the world of the weird.

 

Tonight I discovered

that eternity is merely

presence—in the sense

that by presence I mean

to say the present.

 

Augustine says that the present is the perpetual

presence of the eternal:

the present is the perpetual abode of the almighty.

 

Between time and matter and creation

there is the consideration that

no one loves you because you’re tiny

and made of meat.

 

Why don’t we just simply eat each other…

both literally and metaphorically…

because that seems easier…

 

and then again…

 

chalky and unpleasant love is

barely love at all, right?

 

This might not be the best time but,

I find floral fragrance something of

an awe-inspiring situation.

 

Who is great?