Wrangling Fire

Nkishi
Version | Artist Unknown (Songye peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo), Nkishi figure
Stones flash across the night .

The blacksmith magician
In the center of town
| Honored |

Brings heavenly
Fire down for the crucible,
To draw out the iron
Ore of meteorites :
Sublimate from substrate .

Alchemical healer
And small–arms dealer :
Of the smith—disturb not
Even the fallen ash .

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Two Broods

Cicadapocalypse :
Soon, two broods
Bubble from the berm

Like graveyard ashy arms
Breaking skyward
To bobble for food .

Red eyes bison–wide yearn
Complete escape
From lair of the worm .

Black eyes chrysalis burn
With reflection
Of hoards taking wing

Into locust clouds vespertine
And buzzing din of siren sing .

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The Travels

Tire
The hubcap covers the rim, decorative ;
Although, the rubber can still be seen /
Felt, friction on the pavement /
Tar macadam, the smell of brimstone,
The whining changes in pitch,
The sonorous hum of modernity
Across bridges, through tunnels .
The lugs mark the milestones
Of the year ; the accumulative breaking
Dust / rust, the wear of slowing inertia,
Each revolution the time in the journey .
The tread wears—picks up / casts off
Debris from the road : some wedges
Into the jaggedness, evidence of geological
Travels / travails, the thinning of the
Shell / shield from buffeting / bombardment—
Blowout ! Entry into the junkyard,
Waiting for the eventual burial of all tires .

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Insensible

CupCoffee

SUDDENLY THE MATRIX FEED STOPS . . . . Panic descends, everyone in the restaurant cannot hear each other yelling inquiry, nor can they hear the crashes of traffic all over the city . Deaths without feeling begin .

   “ Am I dead ?, ” Ulysses wonders of the sudden transition from enjoying scrambled eggs and coffee to disembodied thoughts, insensible . Trying to move only ends in being back on the floor : no balance . After eight hours of sensory deprivation, the usual experience ensues: relaxing, taxing, hallucinating, unhinging .

   The world ends rather pleasantly amidst floating geometric truths of the Ground–Of–All–Being and multidimensional destinations .

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Divisor 357

Bullet

357

One Three Seven
Seventeen .
Twenty–One . Fifty–One
One Nineteen
Three Fifty–Seven magnum
Summa : Five Seventy-Six .
Double that speed,
When the trigger clicks .

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The Subtlety of Nonsense

BlahBlah
It is bullshit .
That’s what I think .
Is it bullshit ?
’Cause it sure does stink .

I’m sure that it’s bullshit,
Just look at the flies .
But closer to the brink
I start to realize,

It’s not bullshit .
No, it’s not bovine,
Because it’s horseshit—
A little more streamlined .

But since they both stink,
Eyes blur the brown bile ;
And as for noses :
A pile is just a pile .

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Lapis

Lapis
Lapis Lazuli from “Steven Universe” Wiki Fandom

From the blue word
Lashuward :
A gemstone thrown
Skyward ;

Pyrite, calcite, and lazurite :
Flecks of mica in the skynight,

An endscene ultramarine—
An afterlight
Reflected from
Bluebright

Shortwaves scattered allure ;
The third eye peers beyond azure .

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Title George and the Unbreakable Code
Condition Verily Gōd
Location Aisle 61 Section 10 Shelf 7 Item 541
Description

On-fleek element of limited use persisting in splendid condition. The listing is undiminished, undamaged, and undefaced, but may show some trace downticking. Item performs perfectly. Pages are sound and not stricken by highlighting or notes. The spine : asymptote .

ASIN 1481466275
Employee 2333

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