The Monocle
Focus at one point
is a must
to lean into a thing
learn it, thus
experience teaches
the nature of hyena
howling
(this is taking too long!?)
in sardonic drawl
objective spread
over the indeterminate
while
as such git,
never gets done
like house cleaning
always put off
& putting off
posturing, circling
or building muscle
true 5 minutes a day
of prowess, stretch
leads to some good
in dissipation
& daily shuffle
but not so much
as maniacal focus
does
in seeing
through
any arbitrary
deadline hunt
& so, shutter
of an eye in the
photographing
of wild subjects,
for later, plain
out of the jungle
should these slide
over
the monocle
like a cackle
of hyena
striped, or spotted
with crooked smile
2024 OCT 20
In the Swing of Things
all input seems good
till we begin analyzing
Pro-cessing... it...
we amplify emotions
& wonder...
what is that shit?
& what could it mean
what if...?
& we get busy tinkering
with compulsion
to neutralize
& neuter it
because we only want
what we want to hear
& see?
this Is how it was meant
as we sit reflecting
under the barren tree
having mulched
every discordant leaf
that dared deface
the suburban lawn
with fragile sense of self-import
still somewhat green
against the ancient dirt
all things are pushed
out towards
decay
& Hurry up! we say
good riddance,
we've no patience
for the pace of the elderly
who remind, no one takes time
to really listen anyway...
our dog creaks on its walk
and we pull the lead
for pressing obligations
two steps away...
Com' on!
& we are
that listless
hound
in sepia
leveled brown
on brown on brown
& our silent movie
fades to blank
2024 OCT 14
Fakest Fake
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Well, we agree that it's fake?"
"Ok, but clarify."
"A robot fakes actions, emotions, and people do too..."
"So, then, which is the 'bigger' fake?"
"Yes, now you've got it!"
"Hm. One is a fake faker. And the other an honest fake. Or the other way around, an honest faker and a fake fake...?"
"Is it a question of intent and motivation?"
"Say an actor fakes and gets lauded for it. A bot fakes and gets awards, rather it's manufacturers do... But, if an ordinary folk fakes..."
"Man--!"
"Phoney. Complete fake."
2024 OCT 07
The Feed Stock
We retreat gliding down the creak
in what appears an old half acorn
cracked and overturned
on our backs
gazing Swallow
at the upstream
sky and clouds
silently moving
dry
Immanuel was a professor
maybe that is why books note
even now, those who can, do
and those who Kant, teach
but no, really
that man had a little window
in a small apartment
all the world he'd
ever need
or see
to
Twisting the neck
there's a Jackdaw Kafka
black and yellow, recalling
Franz was a teller
in more ways
than one
living in the future
low to the ground
reading
signs
of nature
where many more
lie in shadow
for the inevitable
feast and famine
2024 SEP 24
To Hibernate
What once bared
goes back to bear
What bared teeth
closes its mouth tight
neither happy nor sad
not shocked or afraid
What bared heart
shuts itself up &
wipes fingerprints
on cabinets off...
What bared feeling
turns the sheets
down dog eared &
folds, lights out
What bared soul
loses it in sleep
2024 SEP 11
To Know Love
Cogito
in my left ventricle
I built up a little
alter...
Ergo,
it said in Latin
upon it
love will lie here
for slaughter
It will be sacrificed
and if not forgiven
all will surely be forgotten
I will keep it
in this cage
Beating
and it will
serve me
right,
in Sum...
And escaping
wax winged lit
in hopeful prayer
the likeness of god
will tumble
To its chamber, back
where I think I am
its keeper
and it, the
worshiper
2024 SEP 08