PEACE CLOUD©

CHINESE CURSE

TRANSFIGURED

December

leaf raking time

nothing much going on

it certainly took long enough

try to imagine a few trillion years

or something

to become conscious

just a few microseconds ago

LSD, TV, DVDs and the evening news

extraordinary revelations

volcanoes, earthquakes, revolutions and such

quickly transvisioned

trillglow weeds besmither toes

and the very smeft is a harpoon lamppost

treasure in plain view escapes distracted minds

life is so interesting

Tabitha is chasing imaginary spiders

it will rain tonight

pay no attention

I hope this is boring

PEACE

life's feathers are shown to best advantage in a male duck

none to subtle

having emerged from Chaos Lake

duck hunters beware

the Lake is greedy, sporting bogs, marshes and quick sand

it is not an evil place

just saturated, lacking patience perhaps, or leaking

cars bring visitors

old ladies in lovely hats

young ones with pony tails, angular arms

some are blond

Nordic men with blue eyes arrive

the scene blossoms with a carnival tent, barkers, freaks and elephants

musicians, electric guitars, flutes

and a parade forms spontaneously

led by an old man in blue jeans

who has eaten at too many Taco trucks

he sings, trying to imitate a duck

but everyone heads for the tent

Chaos Lake

will not suffer this indignity, it puffs a volcano

straight up through Atlantis

sends the Titanic skittering

mystic seekers and geeks alike have long since left

the upper atmosphere clinks international jets

arbitrage computers blink "denial of service"

world markets reprise the end of capitalism

people in the tent are laughing

Belgian Mini Éclairs are passed around

Jefferson reclaims his airplane

Rome is here again, they scream

the cry reaches Paris

Swan Lake echoes back

the hills are breathing

truly amazing

the end is here again, thank Zeus

everyone lines up at the DMV

where a conga line has formed

kumbye ya, civil service protestors, occupiers

bus drivers hold up a picture of Rosa Parks

Sing, Sing, Sing reincarnated meets Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

everyone cheers

Chaos Lake is calm

BEFORE CAUSE

the snake tree curling out of rivers past

invites close comparison with temples of the mind

and this trope, occasioned further back

yet dangles strands of oak moss, pale green

so much is made of what is made

so little of what is given

it lacks a season's due

civilization needs other mansions

places unmade

of mind before temples

rivers before mind

snake trees

comparisons