A white baron dumped
On open ground. Cruising on
Meds. The Vicar, winner take
All. Stretching rivers. Look
After yourself. Ring master —
Turn the phrase. Barn
Full of bones. Keep
In touch! An indefinitely ongoing
Situation.
Fight. Strangle. Shoot.
Current revolving truth:
Full stop. [...]

1 + 1 = 2
2 + 2 = 4
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 4
Sorry. That would be getting clever again.
1 + 1 = 2
2 + 2 = 4
Anything above this, the legs get wobbly.

“Good evening, buddy.”
He said good evening.
He said I was his buddy.
It was the first time we met
in a college restroom.
Two shoulder bags and one
in the hand.
“Hey. How’s it going?”
He went right out the door.
My friend.
Left.
I don’t think I’m his buddy
anymore.

Cluck cluck cluck cluck cluck cluck.
Cluck cluck cluck cluck.

Cluck cluck. Cluck [...]

There was a time when it was so powerful.
That time has passed, however. Machinations
And Mecca nations with all of their progress
And performance technology, have killed us all.
The world is a graven image, searchable like
A rolodex or a database — by keystroke.
That time is passed. Goddamit, I
Want it back.
I want so desperately to think, to
Undertake my [...]