Sep 2019
9-11 POEM:
Dreadlocks of a Scream
____
Fever too high
Doze
hallucinate
doze...
...into the blue sky
and watch the tracer upward
tip
hesitate
and turn toward earth
Split apart
in the widening dreadlocks of a scream
One that took the whole world down with it
A woman is standing on an edge
hundreds of feet up in the open air--
Just standing....
“You-- who have mounted to the sky
will be cast down
with great violence
You, the golden cup”
set down
I am burning up at 103
Toss in the arid sheets
Chafed flushed cheeks
against this living desert pillow
Desert
Hallucinate
Can't get a GPS on where I am
or what's the time
But most of all – what just happened?
I toss and wake to slivered light
coming from another room
Hear the whispers
See their vacant faces
Must have walked into the den
Feel their shivers hush
My questions
Between the aisles of candlelight
and murmured prayers
I'm walking
Still in my right mind
“It's on the screen”
for all to see
without electricity
I have a fever of 103
--and the main question???
Why everyone's transfixed
Everyone
______
1-28-86-- Space Shuttle Challenger explodes, killing crew.
9-11-01-- World Trade Center
_______
“...Now so that your heart does not grow faint,
And you are not afraid at the report that will be heard in the land—
For the report will come one year,
And after that another report in another year,
And violence will be in the land
With ruler against ruler”— Jer 50:46
Where Did the Towers Go-- by Doctor Judy Wood
Dreadlocks of a Scream
____
Fever too high
Doze
hallucinate
doze...
...into the blue sky
and watch the tracer upward
tip
hesitate
and turn toward earth
Split apart
in the widening dreadlocks of a scream
One that took the whole world down with it
A woman is standing on an edge
hundreds of feet up in the open air--
Just standing....
“You-- who have mounted to the sky
will be cast down
with great violence
You, the golden cup”
set down
I am burning up at 103
Toss in the arid sheets
Chafed flushed cheeks
against this living desert pillow
Desert
Hallucinate
Can't get a GPS on where I am
or what's the time
But most of all – what just happened?
I toss and wake to slivered light
coming from another room
Hear the whispers
See their vacant faces
Must have walked into the den
Feel their shivers hush
My questions
Between the aisles of candlelight
and murmured prayers
I'm walking
Still in my right mind
“It's on the screen”
for all to see
without electricity
I have a fever of 103
--and the main question???
Why everyone's transfixed
Everyone
______
1-28-86-- Space Shuttle Challenger explodes, killing crew.
9-11-01-- World Trade Center
_______
“...Now so that your heart does not grow faint,
And you are not afraid at the report that will be heard in the land—
For the report will come one year,
And after that another report in another year,
And violence will be in the land
With ruler against ruler”— Jer 50:46
Where Did the Towers Go-- by Doctor Judy Wood
I know that one of the "reports" was 9-11. Not sure about the other, but I sensed something about the Shuttle Columbia's loss was significant. In any case we are on borrowed time if Jeremiah's words are right.
Dr. Wood's book is hard to get, I understand. Much of her scientific observations are on You Tube. She does not speculate beyond what clearly DID NOT HAPPEN-- but does attempt to understand "WHAT" happened without conjecture as to "who or why or how." Her observations are from many thousands of photographs and other accounts.
Dr. Wood's book is hard to get, I understand. Much of her scientific observations are on You Tube. She does not speculate beyond what clearly DID NOT HAPPEN-- but does attempt to understand "WHAT" happened without conjecture as to "who or why or how." Her observations are from many thousands of photographs and other accounts.
