Network Theory
Through hub after hub
Opportunities for connection
Or crossed purposes
Wire up.
Messages lose themselves
All the time
And never reach their
Intended destinations.
So why did the just wrong
Signifier happen to
Get through this time?
Exacted its way
Through the complexity
And hit its intended
Target with such
Blunt force
That it overloaded
The system and
Almost broke it…
But not quite
Because it’s resilient
In its redundancies.
(This girl never learns.)
Just a few degrees of
Distinction separate –
Almost togetherness.
It’s like we’re
Waiting – just waiting
– to be moved but
Refuse to budge.
Every millisecond of
Every moment of
Every day,
So much chance for success
And simultaneous failure...
Touchy, this situation.
Copyright © Irene Hammer | Year Posted 2013
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