When I started this blog over eleven years ago I had a life time's backlog of poems, I've worked through those in the intervening years and these days I tend to post work in in progress. Here's a poem I've been revising. You can read the original here.
THE HEAT DEATH OF THE UNIVERSE
today’s marker is a frozen computer
that denies us access stalls the lecture
locks us out of the digital cornucopia
such reminders are placed strategically
scattered across our lived experiences
but we have to want to read the signs
and mostly we choose not to
a tuesday afternoon can be long enough
who wants to think in planet time
let alone attempt to imagine entropy
say the last night in the life of the earth
just before all the atoms are scattered
out across the expanding universe
let’s celebrate instead
the fleeting eternity we live every day
we are here now that’s enough
The layout has changed and hopefully I've clarified the opening. The Secret Poets thought the start was unclear. What do you think?
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Here's an unexpected joy. I did not expect any other videos of Michael Stipe, Natalie Merchant and Billy Bragg to emerge [the one of them singing Hello In There is superb], but one has. Enjoy.
Until next time.
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