Saturday, October 6, 2012

S.B.T. 359



popular belief



who cares
about the genus/phylum of the rare woodland lady's slipper, 
or that varying hues of hydrangea can be controlled with alkali
what the difference is between shasta and daisy
not that these things have no importance

but latin and designer names are a lot of iou and sometimes wise
i just cant handle it
so, if you want to communicate these floral importances ami
use color scheme and shape, 
'pink & white bulbous and vast' 
'deep rose multipetal curling' 
'layered yellow stripe-like petals splayed from a cushy brown navel'
ok?


Wednesday, October 3, 2012

S.B.T. 358



a deer story



it's supper time and though you aren't hungry
you acquiesce because there are others who are and it's on the table
and they are expecting you and you dont realize how stressed you are because you are numb

"what? what is this?" she thought, her mind still slowly churning away from sleep. "it isnt what, well, i, i could swear...last night i was sure... i mean it, i knew it was..." 
she was stuffy from nightwind pollen and there decided not to even try figuring out how things could become much better than what was deemed possible yesterday, even though what was expected is much less charming than this odd surprise, any essence of miraculousness still eluded her sensibility and she just went over to the sink, tore a paper towel from the stick, started the morning coffee

the nonchalant reaction, to the agent and assistant behind the 2-way mirror taking notes o' jectively, was unexpected.  "what strange creatures," thought TM, who typed: "subject does not like - alert - subject does not seem to like o/n express best case scenario"

"Now what?" said TM calmly.
"What are we supposed to do now? We can't force it, what with the quality of the stored data in place." They looked at each other, one of them sighed.

"The only way comrade, is to wipe it all and rebuild." 

a few minutes, and the coffee was ready. she could hear the last sputtering gasps of the machine, and her chosen cup for the morning was the bone china megamug with a bevy of cats in pastel, neutral tones, and she was holding it, pouring in the cream first, then the hot black bubbling coffee over it and it smelled very very good. she was standing there in her robe blandly looking at the top of the stove taking her fourth sip when she heard the birdcall and spun around toward the window to see a baby redwing and a chickadee dancing outside on the deck railing a few feet away. that sight elicited several more quick sips and a sudden bing! of alertness that found her looking around in puzzlement at the mysterious unexpected object on top of the ironing board, and remembering what a deer meant in an old hindu rama/sita fable, with a bass note randomly punctuating a rhythm of doubting thomas refrain "is this really happening?" and then the chorus "like, duh, what's right in front of your eyes?"


Thursday, September 20, 2012

S.B.T. 357


neil harbisson hears color and eats songs


Thursday, August 30, 2012

S.B.T. 356


the ubiquitous message of the klock





"sempeternity of applied science 
technology and click globalism has created a new language
for the humans
this sound language has a wide range of dialects.
fanning feathers, rainbow spillage, spry eyes, grotettes,
kung gong padded footsteps, mobile vacuform inyerface,
and many many more"

with long fingers it taps out a pause on the table


steam fanning laser feathers,
sound rainbow

they move gently i notice 
but i cant image the aura 
of erupting evidence
(it keeps appearing disappearing)
beneath the glitch
(unexpedited) by persistent rhythm and 
clever mimes in whiteface
zipping up the magnolia costume
in season and times again
to fit within limitations
whatever size semper fidelis information
was gathered on eternity 




Monday, August 27, 2012

S.B.T. 355



and now the fruit-basket



 a lifeform-
based on some polymer
element i had no reason to know

it appears to be delicate, ephemeral, 
the skin glistens like jelly and the eyes can smile 
while there are no lips, it has almost a turtle's mouth.
the mouth begins to move, it opens

"i see U -
greetings earthling! U r enchanting....helplessly
making fuzzy sounds in variable timbre -
but U r wild. U show what we find to B tummytumtumtump
which cannot B X-play end, but mostly basically essentially U r wild.
so i have drawn, from available alchemy,
with kind regard, while expecting to gather a measure of control,
some sweetness and gratitude, allahkazzahm

you will find melons and tangerines on the doorstep, 
pretty little beans for the darling human to eat"

 before i can think, it vanishes


either or not, 
it occurs 
between the 3rd and 11th dmns
in the bcs it spans 16 levels,  tho 14 are
enough for discernment, 
and it will antimaterialize
according to las leyes del mundo
as per frequency shifts
echo callings, 
liquid metals









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footnote: ghost peppers


ghost pepper rates 855,000 on the scoville scale
tabasco sauce rates 2,500-5,000
ghost pepper, hot stuff!

Saturday, August 18, 2012

S.B.T. 354

encounter



they came to 'visit', again. i sat entranced, easily sipped the noir, the dark edge folded around a cylinder.

on the brownish sunny days you can't see the blue couch, it is submerged in complementary shadow even though the glass panel is only 4 1/2 feet away and we are in daylight. the color disappears like smoke/ you were bouncing on it this morning when you haphazardly noticed unmistakable blueness, but now it has thinned to sootpaper as you walk past toward the 'hallway'.

why dont you go out and check the trees, he calls from the kitchen. i'd like to, i think, except for the lightning and reservoir of raindrops all around the hutch. 

they are watching, i can feel their eyes on my back as i lean forward, lift a ghost pepper from the dish and put it between my teeth, rise to my feet and swallow.

i made a run for it, but i didnt get very far, the water was too deep for my slippers and the laundry is half way across town. oddly arrhythmic flashes of light pop behind the 'clouds'.

the first time, i had the feeling the skin on my back was impossible to shelter from salamanders frighteningly gentle split tongues, but it passed. as it happened this time, they only lingered for a few minutes. i'm sure they saw the dread in my pose and quickly scanned the foyer for any feng shui, finding none, they took some notes  - the ladies in the elvis movie look like ventriloquist dolls, the black coffee's been sitting all day, someone heard the word Tuskegee at least three times recently  -  and left.






encounter

Thursday, August 2, 2012

S.B.T. 353




i own my anger



i tell u without regret
 it is volatile
it may not be safe
what the f r you doing there?
if you are gazing 
into the caldera
when the 
melted rock starts rolling

in the stone and steel furnace
there shimmering white hot
alexanders sarissa spear 
flares piercing thru the vent,
burning a path of shrieks
and words like granite boulders
 ablaze with molten lava
tumble in an avalanche
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