CATENARY TED
The cosmos hangs from a thread, a
lifeline. Yes, Flem
was with us, up at Verm –
helped Dad, me & Jim (brother)
dig the cabin foundation. Flem’s
father was MN State
Epidemiologist;
Flem died of AIDS. There are these themes,
signs... the padre of Hart Crane,
manufacturing Life-Savers...
Abraham with scimitar
squeakin’ by with a warning... O Cain,
thy brother calls thee from the ground.
Hobo sleeps by the river;
his thyrsus nods, a glimmer
of August grass. Mullein, dock... diamond
pine-cone (piñata by the Po). The tree,
the tall cedar of life,
Malcolm! She’s your wife,
you know. Nehushtana of Liberty.
Evergreen, year-round. The shadow
owl knows (lives there) –
Spinoza cave-winds tear
up the forgery of terror (low
blow put into Vladimir Kiev-doom).
I’m singin’ with the stars,
Flem, Jim – after the wars.
Mr. Catenary Ted bojangles home.
8.31.16
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