the obstruction
he ran a micro-computer
in a place he rented on prairie drive
not far from the college where he taught
the mysteries of dark matter
in the backyard he built a lighthouse
producing its own energy
a bright luminescence
dominating the neighborhood
post-dusk to pre-dawn
eventually the authorities
demanded its removal due to
violation of some city code
to which he responded
the structure & its energy
are merely delusional
june two thousand twenty-four
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