The lift goes down
instead of up. I
realize this only after
the doors open &
I find myself eleven
floors beneath the surface
standing in front of
the fitness
where my personal trainer
waits in hetero leather
jackboots to start me
on a regime I had
no idea was ahead
of me. I break out
in a sweat even
before I have done a
thing. I lose years
off my life instead of
pounds. I die healthy.
In a
dry spell
look for
pre-existing
structures.
Words in
a list.
Alpha-
bet easy.
Else.
Just
words.
List-
less.
Meanwhile, at the Globe Theater
Typhoon.
Gryphon.
Sun’s
edges set
the
sea
inside
a lion’s
mane.
Wings
on
the waves,
claws
in the sand.
Typo,
a graphon.
Signage
cites
a
scene,
upsets
a lying
man.
Wife
on
the wane,
sand
in the wine.
Timon
of Athens.
The
Merchant
of
Venice. Love’s
Labour’s
Lost. Titus
Andronicus.
The
Merry
Wives
of
Windsor. Coriolanus.
Time
on my hands.
The
mired ant.
Oven
ice. Elves
lave
ears least, tight ass.
End
run and kiss the
Mayor.
Wise eyes
suffering
curious love.
Freedom
Choosing
what to wear isn't
easy,
especially when one often
tries
to feature the future &
still
fit in. Had an answer to
the
criticism, based on heur-
istic
& association rules, & the
uprooting
of the angular frame.
You
should not have to write
more
than that. Carl Sagan
talks
about the impact of the
computer
on the universe, &
of
increases of knowledge
available
to all. Such as. What's
the
difference between the sea-
side,
the beachside, & that big
fat
place on the rock 'n' roll TV?
Mark Young was born in Aotearoa / New Zealand but now lives in a small town in North Queensland in Australia. He has been publishing poetry for over sixty years, & is the author of over sixty books, primarily text poetry but also including speculative fiction, vispo, non-fiction, & art history. His most recent books are Songs to Come for the Salamander: Poems 2013-2021, selected & with an introduction by Thomas Fink (Meritage Press & Sandy Press); Your order is now equipped for shipping (Sandy Press); & The Advantages of Cable (Luna Bisonte Prods).
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