It’s Earth Day. Change the way you travel.

the beast taps the inside of the egg, seeking more nourishment,
only to find it has broken the shell, & emerged into chaos
…the short-fingered ones were
born as electro-magnetic meat,
into a system that sustained, thru regeneration,
all it needed to understand itself,
all those gatherings
of storms within storms
…the short-fingered ones, those
that wound springs, & turned screws & worked bolts,
were [...]

oh, and one more thing…
I am a maintenance man
walking around changing lifebulbs.
no appointments,
I just know where to show up.

I have dis eased source,… neglected to a life of service
……self inflicted………………purely driven…..
meatly tucked away

all the bright torches
myth & meaning downloaded,
stored in light
…who
would have us still
dancing the ancestors’ dances,
even as the young ones
grow closer to their machines
leaving skin behind,
thought beamed into steel & plastic,
beyond the crude substitution
of clockwork for meat,
or chips in flesh
…all the bright torches
to illuminate the way,
each alone in the fog,
each a part
of everything else

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