untitled

the cleaved man wakes
to a blank day
another blank day
to study his purpose

stillborn,
enslaved, numbed
into blackness so thorough
indecipherable

once whole?
ever removed from the tyranny
of nation-state;
contrivances of religion,
philosophy, economics,
sad fumblings with other;

some peripheral ghost
of brotherhood
glimpsed as shadows?

alien nature constant
with the ephemeral
rise and fall of each
wavelength

the new page
the freshly painted wall
the clean glass
inked x's
graffiti
shards

what remains is
cleaved man
closed days
extinguished light

-taoman (Martin B.)

Last update: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 14:00