Word Is Bond
“A head nods as if to clear the last image from an Etch-A-Sketch.”
As if to replace it with the image of YAH
“Recite and rewrite dictionary definitions of nothingness with metaphysical significance.”
Consider the significance of the metaphysical
Make use of consciousness beyond subconscious accidents
(un)Conscious impotence
Make use of intent
Take two cents from everyone you meet and retire rich with more to leave for our kids than time and money
Constantly on the rise, yet constantly waning
While faith, hope, and love remain unchanging
Grace and peace flow from (th)a steady stream
While sex, drugs, and CEOs rock out somewhere in between
Life and death molehill peaks
A fly’s lifespan—two whole weeks
Are we any less mortal?
(too wholly weak)
Then let us rest in the eternal
If time is money, let us grow tax free like an IRA
Sleep in the sea, not confined in a grave
Flow with deep oceanic currents
Forget the surface and the waves and the sharks and the babes and the birds of prey
And all else which distracts from:
Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, trustworthiness, humility and self-control
Life’s an Etch-A-Sketch
Yours is one noodle that can be undid