Tuesday, October 7, 2008

in wenatchee (a poem)

antecedent to the animal
on two feet with hands on hips
a four footed beast
standing square
ranger of the wilderness
is the crime
the cancer
the cause of machinations
a debt had to be paid
what more costly way to be free
money in the handshake
what security, this investment rippling
to wakes
to seismic return
pulse jumping and skipping
splitting atoms apart
chromosomes break while
the earth is shaking
made from dirt and this
atoms rib
i am told it is a cure for fractures
a man told me this, who worked for the PGE
in Wenatchee

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