August 2007 poem

 

Do Not Escape Choice

inhaled into creatures omnipotent
will escapes drowning in no meaning
to a whale's belly of benevolence
the diver who made choice
his preservation for probing, deeper,
the pearl pebble bubble plastic
reality.
that must
saturate with stimulus to make worth must
make every ride colorful from birth
with artifices rid of pain make
firework-blocked brain take
pill by force to meditate escape
mass-scale neuron rape
too easily manipulated palates flat
business media more aggregates spat
purposed placid automatic input intake
date investigate consume propagate
cosmetic war beauty skin misplace
oppressed by race the displaced
fed with bullets children now chaste
forever led to harmonize distaste
tune strings silent peaceful dark
power shortage candle missing spark
drips the war ceiling cheese made swiss
sealed with a metal army knife kiss
refuge ease label 'dis pair of lovers
palestinians pakistanis sudanese iraqi kurds
privileged we
forget, we ask unfair
what mask they wish to wear
to the giant reversed ballroom globe
stories untold whispered
shatter chandeliers
of thousand diamonds caught by bones
for ladies unaware what slaves they own
hear skinny fingers rattle synchronized machine-gun fire
completely ignore circumstances dire
completely ignore circumstances dire
completely ignore circumstances dire

will escapes
choice: reality
sacrifice means
make sacred
not drown
not live
or speak
only
do

now
.