1.09.2008

When finally I’m struck down

Idn’t be right to happen as I stand center of a weedy lot,
An 8-iron shoved into the dirty sky

Better not be while churning amid whitecaps,
The Hosts of Heaven dragging furniture across the floor

Too obvious atop an Appaloosa in a downpour,
(Great-Grandpa Thomas successfully split in the lateral with this method)

Let it come—
The Infinite in an Instant/

The surreal slamming into the ordinary like a train/
Tesla with a chewy Einsteinian center—

Just as I’m exiting the local grocery.
Arms overloaded, cell phone buzzing.

6 comments:

Elicia said...

I'm not sure i understand it, but it sounds cool!

Anonymous said...

it sounds horrible! :)

Anonymous said...

by which i mean the idea, not the words or whathaveyou.

Troy said...

That will be the day :)

Anonymous said...

Thomas's bro andrew was the one hit and killed by lightening, or he was Grandma Michaelson's bro, at any rate; great poem but very sad. But exciting I supose.... for strangers in the store. I need more information, what was actually in the grocery bag?

CAF said...

Um, I think I'd probably have in the bag: prunes, spaghetti sauce, oranges, stir-fry fixins (including thai peanut sauce), dark chocolate, and milk. That a sampling of my usual fare, anyway.