creeping through the soil
like an earthworm
it has no destination
watch your step
you don’t know where
those rocks have been
alchemists assay
ancient elements
in search of black magic
wolves of chernobyl
teach resistance
to their little ones
walking hospital hallways
cancer patients
pray for miracles
april two thousand twenty-five
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I’m not too concerned
if I don’t hear from you again
you see I have you locked
in this utopia
complete with a flower garden
apple tree & snake
white sands nearby & heavenly
clouds up above
You’re not the only one
to have it made there alive
the rest of us recirculating the works
filling stadiums with zealots
and unlocking
more & more mysteries
some by way of science
but more often than not by art
january two thousand twenty-two
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when running your hardest to first base
you should not go air-bound on that final step
stretching & suspended will only slow you down
that is the simple science of it
yet so few runners actually put it into practice
turning a possible single into an eyelash out
mainly due to a lack of faith
october two thousand twenty
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reborn into this world
no longer can I say
I don’t belong
can no longer keep quiet
my doubts about
making it out alive
once the fossil fuels are gone
putting down half-filled shots
of eighty proof rye
rocket scientists collude with
future historians
rewriting how everything
precisely went down
once the reserves ran dry
may two thousand fourteen
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atomic clocks don’t reside
in chicago
they need to be out there
in the big sky
where microwaves
have no place to hide
the intelligence of time
transitioned from
lord kelvin’s suggestions
whilst cool atoms
forever suspended
chime in milliseconds
march two thousand thirteen
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waves created from a kiss
blown from the palm of my hand
transverse through space
in a spherical spin
attracting electrons and positrons
in twin phase arrangements
before completely absorbed
deep into your skin
‘transit kiss’ youtube video
january two thousand thirteen
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we labored to perfect
the replication of a hollowed
muscle application
centrally located and rhythmically
circulating essential oils
throughout the entire framework
of contemporary tin men
november two thousand twelve
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