ABOUT A WARNING

it is impossible
to give
this warning in time

despite my efforts
to build
the appropriate machine

from deck chairs
& duct tape
& qualcast parts

but here it is anyway
for what its worth

so listen up kids -

be very careful
where you are born

TREE DREAM OF OTTERS & TROUT

& the crypto mothman

has been sighted again

digging in the dump

for his plastic slab

of unicorn wealth

& snake oil -

well its a brand now

& off-grid looks good

looks like a fad

looks like a hard death

a place to be born

but not move too

a tree dream of otters & trout

to think on

when the wifi is down

CHANCE, GOLD LEAF REDUX

and

theres

a

chance

isnt there

that i might write something

in a shadow of gold leaf

on a gutter hubcap

if i unfold from out of bed

a man shaped cutlery ape

in the supermarket zoo

and

theres

a

chance

isnt there

that someone who may not be born yet

may see it may read it one odd day

on a museum-piece server

under a leaking tin-can megacity dome

and they might halfway feel something

and they might catch a glimpse of something

and maybe then write something themselves

something better

without tricks on loan

in whatever bio-wired plastic AI dream

we

have

left

for

them

under the mercury clouds

from youtube.com

ONLY TIME TO SCREAM

born on the anvil

well, 

study the hammer then

conclude ? 

           laugh

           or

           scream . . .

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