The deranged machine mind, awash in
images, manically sorting through
veils of illusion like multicolored costumes -
None that fit.
Letting out seams,
taking in threads -
changing little.
Polymorphously perverse,
exiguously running amok -
Chaos birthing Creation,
if not imminent, is
Necessary.
Insouciant
incoherent
intolerant
in-between
old and new -
Worlds colliding on an
untested bridge uncontested -
willingness bordering on
insanity.
By way of explanation: I wrote this today while pondering American politics and the ongoing denial of our critical responsibility as a nation regarding our massive global impact (ecology, economy, et al) – especially after reading the paper yesterday and, in response to a public hearing on a plastic bag ban, an elected official stating that if we support the ban, we are impinging upon others’ civil liberties (is he kidding? “life, liberty and the pursuit of” … plastic?). With an upcoming election year, depend on it being the same old circus – clowns just changing costumes. I would love to say I’m becoming less cynical with age, but in fact this is sadly not the case.