Opaque <\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s opaque, secretive<\/p>\n

to no purpose, circular<\/p>\n

rather than linear,<\/p>\n

a road that comes back<\/p>\n

to itself as if that<\/p>\n

were enough to keep our<\/p>\n

attention, the first person<\/p>\n

subjective, story of you<\/p>\n

as told by you who can\u2019t<\/p>\n

stop free-associating<\/p>\n

words that stand for emotions<\/p>\n

you can\u2019t bear to lay bare,<\/p>\n

cop-out extraordinaire.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pulse<\/strong><\/p>\n

I put my hand on your wrist<\/p>\n

not only to feel your skin<\/p>\n

but to feel the blood below,<\/p>\n

racing from heart to fingertip<\/p>\n

and back, another lap<\/p>\n

of the city of you.<\/p>\n

Pulse of the city, pulse<\/p>\n

of your state, pulse<\/p>\n

of the nation contained<\/p>\n

in your veins, vines<\/p>\n

that grow grapes whose<\/p>\n

wine we press tonight:<\/p>\n

licorice, mineral, berries.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

Quake <\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

Seismic disturbances<\/p>\n

disturb us, size us<\/p>\n

up for future reactions<\/p>\n

to movements of earth.<\/p>\n

Inhalations of breath<\/p>\n

mean life is still here,<\/p>\n

dodgy as it is on Mars<\/p>\n

where we all belong, red<\/p>\n

dirt space cowboys on fire,<\/p>\n

liars who never leave home<\/p>\n

for store or space station,<\/p>\n

impatient to carry on<\/p>\n

with our sci-fi lives,<\/p>\n

the hives of bees we keep<\/p>\n

for times like these, buzzing<\/p>\n

like those who caused them.<\/p>\n

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