With each tick of the second hand
the immeasurable on trial
Imagination deposed
all parameters set free
The Poets acquitted
the logicians suicidal
All reference and syntax
—imploding at light speed
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2019)
The Takeover
The fences and billboards
disappear in the sanctum
As theory is abandoned
—and true knowledge takes hold
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2019)
Magdalena
Magdalena,
your beauty known
Magdalena,
your wisdom shown
Magdalena,
firm and steadfast
Magdalena,
communed repast
Magdalena,
so loved a man
Magdalena,
his blood in hand
Magdalena,
though history scolds
Magdalena,
your heart withholds
Magdalena,
much more than friend
Magdalena,
—the truth contends
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2019)
Interdiction
Poetry…
arresting the mundane
acquitting the spirit
Convicting
all redundancy
—freeing the truth
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2019)
Loves Denial
When you split the beam and the splintered edge
is all you’re left with
The only one you’ve outsmarted
is yourself
A prisoner of your severed choice
and schizophrenia
The victim of your hearts defeat
—and loves denial
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2019)