LITTLE ROOM
90 years ago today
Papa was 5 weeks old.
Lindbergh took off, bold
Icarus... Spirit of St. Louee.
Daedalus built his labyrinth
to keep the Minotaur
at bay. OK so far.
Only minor casualties – 8 millionth
civilian, 1913 (unknown
poilù). Our engineers
built expensive tears
into delicate ships, Apollonian
on combers like phosphorus, behind
the shining cranium
(a sort of No-See-Um
mosquito zone). Dear blind
(icky) Eddy posed this question
to himself : Who’s my father?
Phoebus compiled a rather
complex artifice (Olympic Stadion
to be Demolished Tomorrow)
in order to swim again
beneath Shoshone moon –
just 8 light-years away (somehow
we’ll get there, Apollinaire).
She’ll do her zephyr flute-
dance (Bonfire En Route)
as lithe fiery planetary star
*
Stravinsky set for 8 août
– he had to settle for
the 4th (Madame Bouvier
demand) – juillet, or thereaboot.
Guillaume bowed to the plumèd crowd.
Jesus on autopilot
rose... began to float
over la Tour Eiffel (meek, not proud).
Lindy surrendered all his clothes,
like Francis (to his father
dead) – rose further
in mondaine esteem – only to close
that gap between our earth & moon.
Bright mother of reflection,
pearl of intellection
(pupil Christ within your black hole zone)
my jottos ink into Francescan gloom,
your caved-in grotto
on my kitchen plot.
Light tenders mercy in that little room.
O moon, your melancholy face
reminds me of my lost race
to perimeter of grace.
Mayflower, constant Falcon-Ace...
paternal covenant of trust.
O arrogance of youth!
To jettison the truth
like so much ballast (bursting dust).
5.20.17
