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fractal

 

 

FRACTAL DIMENSIONS©

 

 

 

 

BRIAR PATCH

 

 

the daisy chain begins with a mall shooting

security cameras capture the failure of their euphemistic purpose

the reality is that the videos have inspired copy cat perpetrators

unintended consequences

how the system works

discovered after the fact

and in fact the system mocks its designers

who thought it was all designed by them

when its complexity took fractal dimensions

reproducing in ways unimagined until seen

 

this is not as simple as dams and bridges

more like snails and cows

hay bales carted short distances

and pathways through vales

leading to villages which of course

are the ancestors of malls

 

where pythons are not seen

and stuffed birds are not seen either

or like Ouija boards strewn with poker chips

redeemable for a side order of fries

which might be too thin

 

only the English know how to do fish and chips

perhaps poker chips are too raw for refined taste

rather

an elephant safari discussed in royal atmospheres

or the origins of Darwin

finches and turtles all the way down

 

but daisies are the origin

as any school girl knows:

he loves me

or not

a quarky mystery to be solved by plectrums

and let us not discuss pythons

or the origins of Freud

who smoked cigars and inspired stuff like the hidden persuaders

used to sell cars

which anyone can drive to Lover's Point

and stare

briefly

over a cliff

 

like the Grand Canyon

which almost rhymes with crayons

which are sometimes used to depict it

staring leads to vertigo

and that is not acceptable in polite society

 

a stonewall cliff

threatening death by pythons

somewhat of an exaggeration

but nonetheless the next link in a chain

which starts with a precipitous fall

and on the way down

a strawberry plucked is

ah, how delicious!

 

 

NOODLES

 

 

the juniper is unaware of a drought

so long as water flows from the hose

lawns are watered

and all is well

until the well runs dry

 

but Katrina brings a painful recollection

of way too much water

bleeding insurance companies dry

worse than the BP oil spill

connect the dots

 

then came hurricane Sandy

worse still

not quite a dot

 

now our driest start to “winter” ever recorded

heating bills are slightly lower

red wine at Trader Joe's is no longer

two buck Chuck

something out of kilter

 

and next comes Haiyan

killing ten thousand people in the Philippines

the worst storm in recorded history

 

perhaps there is a pattern?

 

not to exaggerate

but the morning sky is beautiful

fog clearing to sunshine, seventy five degrees

 

somehow a memory of green uniformed cadets

in Monterey

walking beneath cypress trees

 

history is not enough

recollection is not prevention

in fact misleading

fire drills and earthquake kits

--propaganda--

palliatives for claim expense reduction

against angry skies

 

I scream, you scream, we all scream

for ice cream

 

your dollar is your vote

change the world

how many votes can you afford

when your ballot includes

candidates for bread, milk and eggs

isn't tampering with votes unpatriotic?

 

the next big thing will be anti-gravity

remember when Dick Tracy watches were science fiction

maybe too fantastic yet and way off the subject

which is what?

 

techno-wizards are now developing 3-D cameras

that drive 3-D printers

that turn a picture of you into a sculpture

is that far out or what?

 

pose for posterity

which, however, might melt you down for scrap

to reduce landfill and recycle valuable resources

needed for wars and football stadiums

on landfills

where walls get mouldy

 

sick buildings

heroes on the run

good earth becoming a sick mother

tube worms writhing undersea

 

a huge satellite has run out of power

pretty soon will come crashing down to earth

don't ask where, exactly, or when

but it was announced last night on ABC News

chunks of it as big as a reporter

could fall in your yard

odds of being hit:

about the same as winning the national lottery

which is vaguely comforting

until recalling the woman who hit several jackpots

buying tickets at her local convenience store

unbelievable odds

eh, what?

 

Tabitha watches

as the pen squiggles

 

 

 

ELEGY

 

 

once upon a time in days of poetry

beauty was beheld

 

listen to the tale

 

it begins on Blossom Hill Road in the Santa Clara valley

summer heat, cutting cots, architectural drawing forgotten

escape on an agricultural worker's bus

to strawberry fields forever

aching back

better than bad grades or a beating

 

next an Air Force flight to Japan

blinking pachinko machines

friendly whores

strange music

Kirin beer

 

return flight off loading at Lockheed Missiles and Space Division

a civilian

watching an oscilloscope

testing squib monitors, flight control computers

flight . . .

 

to San Jose City College

AA in English

+

microwave radio relay repairman

=

technical writer

transplanted back into Silicon Valley

with antirejection humanities and assimilators

that failed

 

blasted into psychedelic space

with mescaline, blue cubes and dope

boosted into orbit

crashed

 

then the dark early morning hours

zazen stark and lonely

endless

oblivious of hills and valleys

 

one morning popping like a zit

silence becoming yet another morning

unburdened

in the company of neighbors, family, cats and bees

even politicians

the landscape of trees and rivers

pocked with effluent of an ancient virus

 

the "me" disease

 

everyone seems to have it

immortality the impossible hope

validating atrocities which

leveraged by technology

promise extinction

 

spoils to the karmic masters

all bow to our dear leaders

as the whole enterprise finally collapses

leaving a radioactive signature

and the world settles back

to volcanic origins once again

 

 

in the dark early morning hours

 

 

 

PRELUDE

 

 

the juniper is greening

an elevator shaft is suddenly discovered on Wood Duck Court

disregarding all expectations

ideas disintegrating in last minute cheers

echoes descending

no second string replacements

no mourners

a certain comfort

not to be jerked about like a puppet on a string

nothing lost or won

no triumphal parade

 

weather rhymes with clothes washer

a rhythmical thing

so we are on safe ground here

Tabitha is asleep

 

 

WHAT IT IS

 

 

as the climate changes

old conflicts accelerate

so enjoyable this pitted date

 

today was nice

sunny, seventy degrees, again

phone alert:

Spare the Air Day

 

grand themes should prevail here

but where are they?

forgotten

 

saving something . . .

oh yes, sentient beings!

there are no beings

no pits

 

the postman still delivers mail

oh, saving money for old age!

that would get some interest, if it were interesting

whatever is supposed to matter

does not seem to

 

a slow discovery of chords

populated with notes no script will ever capture

does

unlikely to be heard by an audience

since the technology for sequencing it

belongs to incomprehensible geeks

 

no matter

music translates from within

the sounds of water

pouring for tea

are from a forest creek



 

 

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