Stillness of Mind and Mouth
Josh in Little Rock, talking.
Micah in Oklahoma City, talking.
James in Lake Charles, talking.
Ailcia in Atlanta, talking.
Jennifer in NYC, talking.
Bonnie in Los Angeles, talking.
Li Wei in Shanghai, talking.
Christiane in Brussels, talking.
Owe ve, in quiet and stillness
answers are often found.
An off-day for the quill: I’m channel surfing
from a carpeted beach beneath beveled
canopy. My legs haplessly dangle flung
overboard crossing a comfortable
black leather partition provided by Sears.
On CNN there’s a bow legged French horn
wearing white face apologizing for American
abundance above the ticking measures
of Cold War success. Spare me, Christiane.
Thirsty, I have the maid fetch me a fresh Coke
and resume my voyeuristic voyage downstream
through high-definition static and spoken
saturation. Eddie Cummings flips a knowing wink
then sweeps the tulips from a chimney’s dream.
4/27/17
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