Kettle drum *** *** *** *** *** *** There is the moment of the sun breaking over the edge of the moon In that Stanley Kubrick’s movie what was it called? In 2001 the towers fell and we still don’t have a colony on the moon It turns out the monkey’s bashing each other’s brains in with bones was as far as we got The bones got bigger But didn’t transform into “the greatest cut in the history of film” But who cares right? I got my iPhone And make sure you capitalize that P Because if you don’t you’ll get a red underline Because even Microsoft knows that apple is a big deal So lets have a little fun while the reigns loose in our fingers “look mom no hands” But I really don’t want to get all like that I want to watch the candle burn down to the wick And light a joint using the last bit of flame Or heat a spoon whichever is your fancy The beauty is in our solecisms The comedy in the autocorrect Corrected by our own machines recursively We are in a never-ending project Of retrofitting meanings to decisions made at whim Out of necessity Because the decision must be made And explained afterwards God I must sound preachy I try not to be Because it’s easier not to care But harder in practice