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
