HARMONY©

HEAT STROKE

a king snake in the sun

wearing splendid yellow and green

was not Shakespearean drama

bobbing on a branch in the flood

hustled on by advertisements

insolent pretenders tumbling over cliffs

in that fog shrouded valley

how calm were the leaves of grass

in Eve's garden blooming

footprints in the mud

cactus blossoms

Predator drones that will steer atomic weapons

Ganges river virus, silent Trojan horse

Stuxit silent

neutron deep

grinds centrifuges into dreamless sleep

insufficient evidence for the Security Council

to inflate yon Scottish bagpipes

if they could be heard

through the censorship

and a movement against nerve gas

blows to the national economy if jobs are lost

and the Keynesian merry go round also grinds to a halt

stimulus and response in a Skinner box

absorbed in its Ponzi moment

cloudy days of late summer sun

extinguish sizzling heat

the birds are singing

all the world is a dream

row, row, row your boat

PLUCK

we used to watch Stirling Moss

wisdom in the hairpin turn at Laguna Secca

speed on a dried up lake

double clutching, heel and toe, shining helmets

the fumes were intoxicating

we hardly noticed what stretched beyond the track

soon the Beatles would invade

changing the course to psychedelic meditations

flammable colors

Full Circle Farm, with summer Shakespeare, organic corn

full green in the midst of exceptional drought

sustainable crops

roadside stand with large murals

not to be confused with graffiti

a partnership

with the School District

for some reason

the other side of the looking glass

is closer than Benton Street to Wood Duck Avenue

closer than shoe strings

driving past Full Circle on a March spring day

perhaps the best spring anywhere now

is a suspicious pleasure

given the Change

political ramifications as dismal as economics

civilization in self destruct mode

few seem to notice or care

and the cymbidiums in our backyard

are blooming

SPRING BREAK

surfing the wobbly

everyone's on board

here we go: paper clips, water rights, artificial humans

jobs are obsolete

outsmarted

hollowed out middle class

yearbook memories on the Alzheimer’s list

high school majorettes marching off

forever

new tax breaks playing on You Tube Live

Facebook marathon

worried educators tout upgraded skills

sand painting Indians do not apply

gas booming engines are contexualized with driverless technology

Senators turn to crowd sourcing

mandalas were hip once

but fractal geometry is more interesting

it was not born yesterday

a time increasingly ancient

the world's wisdom has blasted off into space

my, my, my how dreary it seems

the digital divide yawns over a chasm

people at the top are bored

Gross Domestic Product

war machines on a roll

and the numbers look good

confectioners of statistics prove it

and they are well paid

paper clips

SPEECHLESS

Biblical prophets leading the blind

gather categories like dice in a cup

and they all come out the same

National Weather Service, NATO, civic leaders, contractors, cemeteries

improbable rise of civilization

the English are ever so civilized

lawns, of their invention, are misplaced in California's natural desert

our blind emulation

around here potted plants thrive in compost

made from decayed kitchen scraps and lawn clippings

cymbidiums bloom in our backyard's imagination

fed with fish emulsion

how did the fish become emulsion?

mycelium mind connects all of this

with particle accelerators

Moore's law and the evolution of soulful machines

oh, but we have souls

minds that transcend!

this stage full of faces is applauded

by our red geranium

FACTOIDS

by the calm lake

blinking robots

flashes of light skitter over stepping stones

ghostly white

that once shouldered a waterfall

vaporous mist

thunder crashes

sand dollars are crushed by houses

Star Bucks coffee cups

snow plows in Atlanta

the Library of Congress is filibustered

a symphony of chaos is Toronto's celebration

great lakes frozen over

the War of 1812 is recelebrated

Walt Whitman is remembered

the President of France visits Obama's wife

they realize they are not the only slaves

Smart Meters monitor gas lines across the nation

the Keystone pipeline is publicly debated

creating a perception of choice

will voters believe they matter?

deception lulls

ice bergs calve

a tale of many populations

told in time capsules

discovered by delighted aliens