Sacred Cow

(i.m. Mother Theresa)
      for Kass Fleisher
 
Haloes have a half-life.
The long term effects are still being studied.
Nevertheless, the city council has zoned them
for 'propaganda use' only.
The history of the proton turns out to have
a secret accomplice afterall:
the idea of saintliness.
Which might be translated as:
poor people are good
for the spiritual economy, too.
Our galaxy has a hundred million stars in it.
These are all good reasons to support NAFTA.
This is Toyko Monster Watch calling:
Ghidra and Mothra seen in your area!
Set phasers on 'pillow fight.'
 
 

Acausal Aphorisms

1.

Objects often appear in the distance
as sentiments looking for affection.
 

1.

The edge of the rose & the shadow of Mount Everest:
both good reasons for something.
 

8.

A specific way of doing things is usually
connected to a very personal form of sadness.
 

5.

I could understand myself better if I just had
one of those New York seconds.
But quantum mechanics was never my strong suit.
 

9.

'Just you wait.'

But it was a TV voice.
 

5.

My argument with John Keats
boils down to a few revisions.
 

2.

Distortion is simply a fondness
for another world.

 

 

Poems at Non, edited by Laura Moriarty:
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