I. What am I?<\/p>\n
Not everyone should be here.<\/p>\n
Piss-poor prose proves it.<\/p>\n
A life of homework and hormones,<\/p>\n
judge and jury, mom and mistress,<\/p>\n
tour guide to mind-travels, opening<\/p>\n
doors, smacking the knuckles of form,<\/p>\n
and crushing hopes, time, and progress,<\/p>\n
sometimes, and at other times,<\/p>\n
cradling children to their higher selves.<\/p>\n
II.What am I?<\/p>\n
And adults, too, not in sterile walls,<\/p>\n
but on soft cushions, brushed in<\/p>\n
pastel blues, pinks, and lavender,<\/p>\n
a wave wall below the billowing clouds,<\/p>\n
emanating from dark chocolate laminate,<\/p>\n
facsimile of earth and sky.<\/p>\n
Here, the magic grows from crooked toes,<\/p>\n
knobby knees, putrid breath, loose sphincter,<\/p>\n
synchronized to subtle movement, and<\/p>\n
peace, peace, and perfect peace.<\/p>\n
III. What am I?<\/p>\n
But not the cathode ray light,<\/p>\n
the one I tap at, looking for linguistic<\/p>\n
miracles, searching for synonyms,<\/p>\n
definitions, brisk, leisurely, narrow, wide,<\/p>\n
whichever way the words lean, the subject<\/p>\n
unwinding and then reeling back in,<\/p>\n
close to the bone, from vacuum cleaner<\/p>\n
reviews to gun crimes in New Jersey<\/p>\n
to Texas probates, and mans’ best friend and beyond.<\/p>\n
A buck will get you 20, a hundred so much more, but<\/p>\n
Steady pay gets you life.<\/p>\n
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