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Grasp (In four parts)
Practice
Measuring nothing by the length of our hands,
by marks on bones, collection of triumphs over zero
make boxes through L’s and 7’s
with our fingers
man’s infinite reference to right angles
Children spelling numbers and letters, with their bodies in fields
Sport, the collections of bored,
masters of their own reality
diverging points over the imaginary goal
Becoming our entertainers, catching our eyes, gaining our subscriptions
Cause
Undulating what is remnant,
Stirred into perimeter known as shape,
A collection of mind, a volcano pushed between cupped hands
Saxons celebrated the equinox in hopes that the sun would rise again
While we celebrate ourselves today so that we might exist tomorrow
Like raising stone, we grasp the autograph of innovation to our senses
Focus
Oscillating lace, the modified fibers
Superfeilds streaming under it’s seem
Behind, a shimmering gambit,
Friction bound
In the clutches, edges, perimeters,
of supernova
Stunted we duck into common shortcuts
Pairing stratagems with instant breakfast powders
Skipping thousands of years
Of arranging carbon strands
Into perfect rope cutters
Results
In the same breath,
Bees swim
Making possible
Championship over mass
Again, how our entertainers triumph,
Again, We are wards to video cassette recorders
(Constancy of artificial light settling in our brain like quicksilver)
Familiarizing ourselves with greatness from their contribution to comfort
That being made whole what broken setback
Needed fixing
In this constellation of the human reach,
One can learn to breathe deeper,
It’s their choice to do it all the time
2 comments:
i like how you've started. i have a problem when i get to the instant breakfast powder and video cassett recorder. i think i understand the function of these objects in the poem, somehow along the lines of the base. but i think they are maybe to glaring of a break from the rest of your diction and sentiment. it makes me think of kasey's refrain about chasity the other day.
The first line is very powerful and draws my attention immediately. "Sport, the collection of bored," ~ Brilliant! And of course the continuing lines thereafter. "Like raising stone, we grasp the autograph of innovation to our senses" ~ Beautiful imagery. In the final stanza, "Results" I love how you tie almost every aspect back together. Champions liek the sports line I commented on, breathing, swimming, artifical light could suggest the supernova (although supernova aren't artificial light), but it runs with the concept of light. The constellation along with the other moments of the universe and star mentioning. I REALLY like where this is going. If you haven't created your "universal deck" yet, I would suggest doing it and sending this poem through the gautlet of it's power. You might just come out with something even better! Cheers! ///MR YORK\\\
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