April 28, 2012

a square hole with strings attached

this world being mostly
                        round
                                    won't fit thru a square hole
                                                not with a clenched fist
            or a chainsaw or air to surface missiles or bibles or rose colored
            microscopes                                                                      and also
            not with                                                                        truth serum
            or                                                                                 love potions
            economic                                                                           sanctions
            spinal tap                                                                          needles
            good                                                                                        luck
            good                                                                               intentions
            not with                                                            500 million tons of
            vaseline                                                                              not with
            mind                                                                             over matter
            a jackhammer                                                                  skyscrapers
            recycled                                                                      newspapers
            redrawing maps                                                                   melting
            the ice caps                                                                       not with
            plato                                                                                    pavlov
            hunter s thompson                                                       and certainly
            not with                                                                             one size
            fits all                                                                                 spiritual
            cultural                                                                      redux
            the more persistence the more resistance, persistence-resistance-
                                                persistence-resistance
                                                            this world being naturally
                                                            and happily roundish
                                                                        a master of
                                                            zen geometry
                                                                        rejects all requests
                                                            for size shape color or ideological
                                                                                                adjustment
                                                                                    get that thru your head or
                                                                                                get your head
                                                                                                            thru this
                                                                                                            hole