Sunday, February 8, 2015

HEART THREAD 198 & 199


198.

The only thing that can’t go on is going on
every perceptual quantum begins it all again
only the qualia sometimes linger
o Abelard o quanta qualia
the golden sabbaths of the wounded heart
wanting to know how to make it go
don’t let the children come in
all birds belong to you and fish are mine
pale wild-eyed ones swimming in my cavern
we who walk along the ground the strangest are
misshapen by desire bent over a bad book
our whole lives pictured there in code.
199.

Muybridge photos of a breaking heart
a daffodil in haste a monkey in a window
a dreary paper they call The Daily Olds
deer are watching from the new-ground woods
how many years have they been here
looking, crashing into our cars, waiting for something
waiting for us to do something about ourselves
units of intelligent remorse
all the broken answers
war is never an option war is never
bring me your hand to hold at least
the old man’s sword used to cut bread.