I Am Become Life
Thank you Mr. Oppenheiber:
If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once into the sky,
that would be like the splendor of the mighty one …[5][108]
Cocoon
Write. Code. Program. 4D printer, print body parts for new society. Invent creations laid out for the very few. Learn to program poetry. Following will be inventions for survival. There will be no rivals. There will be no politics. No room for error. There will be no climbing ladders. No glass ceiling. It will be […]
Howl
A wolf howls deep on a mountain top lost to the human eye. As we shop down below on the open, strip mall prairie. Cornered. Hunted down. All rational instinct stolen. Forced to believe in the supernatural. Not natural. Not the here and now, but the hereafter. He no longer hunts. He sits on his […]
In Defense of Poets
If the shit ever hits the fan, and we find ourselves selecting a group to start over, don’t count us out. We might not know how to hunt or fish or garden. We might not know how to govern or how to lead. We might not know medicine or construction. We might not know how […]
Relentless
John Keating: Close your eyes, close your eyes! Close ’em! Now, describe what you see. Byron King: Uh, I-I close my eyes. John Keating: Yes. Byron King: Uh, and I see the line. John Keating: An endless line. Byron King: An endless line that devours space and time. John Keating: Oh, that’s *excellent*! Now, give […]
To Wash the World of Fear
If a cure for hate was contagious. If peace was a virus. Would we cary it from town to town? Would we fly it into another country? Undetected. Unfettered. Fluids swapped. Airborne soldiers dropped. Would it sweep the world like a storm? Hurricane force winds swarm. Infecting our minds and media. News channels changed from […]
We Could Have Been
I could have been a doctor, a lawyer, a scientist, an architect. I could have been respected, well off, helpful. I could have been somebody, elected, official. I could have been religious, well traveled, well dressed. I could have been a lot of things I was told to be. I chose to make art. Not […]
We Will
we will fix it. with imagination. with our own creation. mixing genetics and technology. engineering botany. with faster growing trees. injected with bamboo to freeze time. to regrow in days. soak up carbon like a mop. vacuum up poison from the air. regulate our toxins. purge our history from the soil. we will make […]
Dearly Departed
all severed heads speak one last sentence before bleeding out. dismembered. burnt tongues. one final transmission. they speak through you purveyors of death. sons of Seth. you participate through viewing their timeless execution. before they transition what final word? what could be heard? a call for vengeance. a prayer for peace. love from the departed. […]
The Random Story Machine:
I could say why not? Why share my story with you or anyone? I suppose you could. I suppose you could take it with you. Where would I be taking it? Do you know? I didn’t say I knew anything. I just said maybe you don’t want to share. And why would I? Why would […]
Stand Your Ground
Florida. What will you do when they come for you. On your coasts. Never hiding from the storms. As you beckon to carpetbaggers new to perch on your beaches. To steal your sacred views by destroying animal habitats. To buy homes to retire on buried cul-de-sacs. What will you do when the big one comes […]
The Greatest Generation
The greatest generation of all, is ahead. Look forward. Can you see them? They are coded. We carry them inside our cells. Be thankful. There will never be a need for them to fight a war. No need to be shot and bled for loss of limb or more. The greatest generation of all time, […]
Look Forward
if there is a chance. another way. to survive the storm. it is through you. your generation will rebuild a nation that has taken one step forward and two steps back. for we seek progress from the attack of facts. proving basic math. from religious fanatics of the old ways. of primitive thinking. from which […]
I Can See for Miles
From my stateside post I saw for miles and miles. We drank all night. Came to shift hung over. Serving with teenagers. Taking naps between duty gaps. No Officer around. Plug in your Play Station. Serving your nation at war. Wishing the hours away. To transfer out. To see what the fight is for. For […]
To Level Up
In order to understand any problem one must have empathy. One must imagine themselves in the shoes of another. Humanize the enemy. The spree killer. The deserter. The terrorist. With love and family and fear. Somewhere something went wrong. With that deer in the headlights blank stare, the ability to feel the other’s loss lost. […]
Dribbling Genetics
I don’t like sports, never have. I played them because that’s what boys did. My father was a coach so I did not have much of a choice. To show up. To participate. The only lessons I learned on a court. For years I watched him take bleachers full of kids and bring them to […]
Save Me a Seat
Cancer is a killer. When you first hear the verdict most collapse in horror. Then time begins to really mean something. Emotionally it is equal to genocide, war, spree killings to the ones who live with it and the ones who support those who do. To cancer survivors, cancer is a connection. It is like […]
Let It Last
Be quiet. They don’t know. Shhhh! Let them believe a little longer. You didn’t know? They still believe in the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy. It’s true. None of the kids let them know any different at school. This morning, I turned down the radio. NPR is talking about three hundred children stolen from […]
Mr. Somebody
do you exist. can you prove it. can anyone. is this the only life we live. are we vibrating strings from what physics gives. one note to multiple lives. wave after wave as gravity fades. pushing us outward from our big bang. don’t want to live. quit making choices. stay in bed and sleep. even […]
