SURVIVAL

 SURVIVAL

A  cantankerous jalopy

lease fully paid

maintained somewhat carelessly

dear, nevertheless

venturing the roads and highways 

when weather and dare permits 

if either is perceived as perceived

a few shakes and shudders

a wheezing or whistle at times

cranky gears

not geared to be cranky

no catalyzer for discharges,

but passing domestic tests

of gasses and noises

heard in the distance by fading

and decorous hearing

When sitting behind the wheel or the windscreen

seems too much

knowing there is a bed

soon to be reached by byways

to be rewarded by cool sheets

to change location and be

upset by memories of other drives 

and waves and hopes and cares

getting confronted with masked, blank, mismatched faces 

in faded places 

among crowds of drawn or copied 

intermittent phases

The jalopy runs on regular

with many miles on worn down tyres

leaving disappearing threads

and oil absorbed shocks 

used to feeling full regalia of shocks

the whole kept afloat

by uncaring attendants 

leaning under the hood 

rushed through a magnetic funnel

surmising mysteries

of archaic parts, 

covered by detritus of roads cruised 

and dusty thoughts and will and joy of life

FIrst Draft

ACC

February 20, 2021

END OF ENRICHMENT

 

There is more to learn 

to notice

to puzzle

and unravel

Threads wrapped around a bubble

hugely molecular

hallowly diverticular

and as you can tell

all very solar

While the night approaches

your night approaches 

avoiding all obstacles

guards and wards 

tagging insidiously

a section of the thread

your thread.

A lesson for the wise

to tell that the puzzle

is not yours alone

and the thread 

a serpent many coloured

biting the  tail of another

never devouring 

lovingly, 

mistakenly

solving the errant bubble 

but not the puzzle

February 10, 2021

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