To be consumed by her freezing flame,
hot as dry ice, an unrenounceable
illiterate desire that drove
my past and drives my future.
All I see, all I hear, all I touch,
all around me is the realm of Jaci.
ineptitude étude
The screen loses focus.
Should I comment on that commentary?
I might miss letters, mistakenly
construct some nonexistent word
known only by the cognoscenti,
the avant-garde—darkly offensive,
or far too intimate.
hall of mirrors
The binding of the inescapable,
the unnameable, will never set me free.
My existence ended long ago,
and left behind an echo
of an imitation of another me,
chained to the reflection
of a revenant.
ex machina
My preference is loneliness,
with machines to harmonize
my shallow contemplations
with the recondite.
“Android,” I said, “I want you to do
what I would do in the world:
seek out the unkempt natural.”
“I’m not an android.”
“Meanwhile, I’ll be flying high above,
on the wings of a restless dream.”
coda
Beyond the fields of rampant mowers,
the crystal planes of Ballard’s forests
reflect refulgent lunar light.
Jaci, the goddess of the moon, draws a line across the sandy stars.
“Wisdom’s found and lost
in mindless grasping.
The gentle are forgotten,
and unrepentant anger
gathers like with like.
“This far
and no further,
for humanity.”
about
Jaci is the moon deity in the mythology of Brazil’s Tupi-Guarani peoples.
The Crystal World, J. G. Ballard, 1966.
artwork
Spiderweb, from an Australian garden orb weaver spider, evolved by the visual evo engine, my software that seeks unimagined realms, and with cyclic nonlinear desaturation.
Fantastic!
Thank you, glad you liked.
“Wisdom’s found and lost
in mindless grasping.”
A beautiful poem with many truths, Steve.
An intriguing set of poems with multiple levels of meaning. Ineptitude Etude resonated the most for me. Great stuff! x
Thanks Sobhana. It’s the way I see the world, and it’s always those who should be looked after, cared for, who pay the price. If it isn’t obvious, reality is catching up with me, and I’m going to have to cut back on WP, unfortunately.
Well this is confusing, and as always I blame WP. Thanks Nikita. Just a small selection of my fears. 😬