i could call down the birds
from the tops of trees
you could walk out at night under the heavy stars
and remember your past lives
if i concentrated hard
i could throw off sparks from my fingertips
but you could dream out aloud all along the avenue
you could hear sounds that remained hidden to me
and music came from behind the locked windows and doors
of every house we passed
sometimes you could make things happen
by thinking about them
golden holes would appear in your head
and through the holes i could see images
from every corner of the universe
or hear the sounds
of the sprites and cherubim that live inside the aum
i could forget nothing
and you could forget everything
yet still remember who and what
you were supposed to be
i cried over girls i had lost
but you cried only for those who had lost themselves
i was a ghost
and the days fell against me
and the days fell through me
you were drugged
and making plans for the next bright life
i'd wake into a dead faint
and give away all of my possessions on a whim
you walk into the unending maze
it's made of stars and planets and dust and gravity
it elongates and shifts shape
the exit eludes you for lifetimes
but eventually you arrive back at the beginning
and space spreads itself like an angels wing
time turns inside out
snaps at you with it's silvered teeth
you have just reached the entropy capital of the universe
you are home
you are 10120 bits of information
you are the ultimate laptop
Monday, 7 December 2009
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