fulmah
09-23-2005, 07:54 PM
although combined to unwind calculation,
our nerves, a little numb, didn't notice
the gas gathering below us:
a yes-no-maybe box
and the clock's counting pupil shifts
here to there, without a steady lock,
comparing the sum against inner intention,
dividing the serpent tongue's
taste for oxygen
while we edge a double yellow line
and gravitate toward the signed reward
now that forward progress conformed,
the roar of the festival
enters triple digit decibels
and we soar beside a thermal tide
until an alarm's digital scream intervenes
and the covers come away
when colombian gourmet
is wall to wall in the room and the hall
and the kitchen cupboard calls
for a caffeinated rush
to crush the dream,
start the day.
our nerves, a little numb, didn't notice
the gas gathering below us:
a yes-no-maybe box
and the clock's counting pupil shifts
here to there, without a steady lock,
comparing the sum against inner intention,
dividing the serpent tongue's
taste for oxygen
while we edge a double yellow line
and gravitate toward the signed reward
now that forward progress conformed,
the roar of the festival
enters triple digit decibels
and we soar beside a thermal tide
until an alarm's digital scream intervenes
and the covers come away
when colombian gourmet
is wall to wall in the room and the hall
and the kitchen cupboard calls
for a caffeinated rush
to crush the dream,
start the day.