One Dot Below the I (#5)
#9 of Poetry
More short poetry
THIS RULE
YOU'RE SITTING HERE
LISTENING ONLY TO YOUR INNER COLLISIONS
YOU'VE GONE
TO THE MOVIES WITHIN YOURSELF MAN! WAKE UP
YOUR LOVE
IS ON HER WAY TO YOU IN SIXTEEN AMBULANCES
WHILE YOU
DANGLE FROM A STRAND LIKE YOUR ALTERNATE I
IS MADE
WATCH OUT! THERE'S NOBODY HERE
AND THE AIR IS TIGHT AS CLINGFILM
AN ILLUMINATED KITCHEN IMPOSES ITSELF WITH ITS CLUTTER
A TOYSTORE LET LOOSE UNDER WATER
BUT THE DISTANCE
TO THE I THAT FILMS EACH WHO AND EVERY WHERE
EQUALS ZERO AFTER ALL
ENTIRELY
THE DAY THE AGING POET DIED
THEY ALL SAID HE CREATED HIS OWN UNIVERSE
A STUDY CONDUCTED BY HIS YOUNGER COLLEAGUES CONCLUDED
THE SEA IN HIS HEART HAD CALMED
THE STAR IN HIS I HAD FADED
THE GALAXIES IN HIS MIND DISSIPATED
AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT
.
THEN HIS LEFT EAR BEGAN SNOWING
FROM EXCEPTIONS