A Wolf Waits (+1)

 A Wolf Waits

Early one morning

reason escaped

And prescience went with it

unlocking the gate

Lights in the asylum

flicker and fade

The inmates grow restless

a deepening shade

Evening brought darkness

no stars in the sky

But nobody wondered

no questioning why

The moon simply vanished

a wolf waits to howl

All order disorder

—with thought disavowed

(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)

Spinning The Cylinder

When does intelligence

turn on its host

Killing the patron

leaving a ghost

Russian roulette

in a game zero sum

Perception reloading

—acuity’s gun

(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)

Quantum Leap

Life beyond numbers

images reign

Killing all reference

lost in refrain

Gaming the theory

zeroing out

Counting symphonic

—Angels about

(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)

Ju-Ju Eyeball

How the world

should be

and isn’t

My choices

could

but don’t

What maybe

might

tomorrow voids

The spinning

vortex

—won’t

(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)