SWIVEL LIBERTY©

DARK MATTER

WINTER ON THE WEST COAST IS ITCHY DRY

and sixty five degrees

a mass of cold air spreads over the east

snapping trees

dust settles in the street

lizards scamper

a man wearing tennis shoes, neither young nor old

slightly bent

 progresses slowly

seen everywhere but scarcely noticed

he carries a 24-Hour Fitness duffel bag

which seems rather heavy for his slender frame

he opens the bag, reaches inside, pulls a string

New York becomes a mushroom cloud

slowly but surely

Noah's flood returns

but not as slowly as expected

spin doctors wobble the debate*

naysayers are counterprofit, they say

*(for a consideration of course)

perhaps a vacation in Haiti

or a cruise down the Amazon.com river

tax free, beyond rendition

world order is beyond the reach of world leaders

so called

derivative doctors have tunneled into the sea

far beneath the serenity of meditation

pushing a future of whose choosing?

world order

our fortunes sinking in a maelstrom of greed

nothing said here

not a morning song

nor the panorama of a national poem

will compare with a supernova

let our world change, endure for a time, exclude us, disappear

til then

this rhyme

a stitch in time or

dust?

CIVILIZED DISCOURSE

people converge upon the capitol

as seems appropriate in a democracy

to discuss whether mountain lions or robots have rights

who can speak

and who cannot

red sky at night

sailor's delight

smooth sailing is not

the future of a bumble bee

as long as chaos is parsed in conventional terms

it seems almost reasonable

to wit

the above

but beware

the universe doesn't care

the parade, though, must go on

mustn't it?

parade goers mark your places

marchers strut your stuff

strike up the band

blast the starting whistle

ignore the wounded and dying

moaning

eerie radioactive quiet

ashes

all in a day's dream

sale pending

bankers preen

days of superstition are over

the marking off of domains

like urine on a lamp post

is either history

or kaput

in either case

experience is the best teacher

and it is painful