Friday, May 27, 2011

I left it in Astronomy.


At this extended point in the time-space continuum, I should be writing a paper.
Unfortunately, I seem to be circling the event horizon of an infinitely dense black hole that--for the moment--is my mind. My ideas are pulsating, yes. Sending irregular messages back to earth to indicate that activity might still be occurring. Yet the blinking lights are red, revealing little more than a feeble attempt and a weak frequency of circular thoughts. This fabric stretches beyond reason, a spandex infused faux-denim with endless pockets to lose things in. These jeans this mind those cosmos are seeking a point of singularity. One-- its the number we have to start with. One-- its the beginning we can't skip over. One-- its the smallest number that consciousness can destroy. One-- its the hour my class starts to turn in this paper that I'm not writing. I know that this life will go on forever, but as of this extended point in time, I don't need to know that I will always exist. Screw the Singular State theory. This life, these hopes, those thoughts cry for a beginning. Be it CRASH,BOOM,BIG-BANG!

Just give me a Genesis worth believing in.

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Sestina!

You
used
to
love
me
well.

Well,
you—
me—
used
love
to…

to…
well…
love.
You
used
me.

Me,
too,
used…
well…
you.
Love,

love
me.
You,
too
well
used,

used
love
well.
Me,
too.
You!

You used
to love
me well.



-Ciara Shuttleworth