absurdity

the new frontier of relationships
is is
meeting you at a party
we have mutual friends
                      on facebook
pull out gorilla glass mounted on plastic
did you did you
send the request?
oh i found you, yer friends with _________
ok ok

& later...

insomnia drives detective scouring over all the pictures
                                         all the exes(?)
is this is this...you
is this is this...digital thing...you

& later...

you might mention a fact from the fact gathering mission
you might let it slip
that you know...nothing

North Korea

can we do something about north korea
novelty t shirts aside
novelty genocides aside
can we do something about north korea?

you tried to make a period peice about the mid 90s
financial backers backed out
like a decade unfinished

what do you call the decades between 00 and 20?
is life less interesting when utilizing rare earth?

imagine me as a hybrid bing crosby and a burgess alex
rolling my hat down my arm
...eternally winking

dear Obama

while you were busy tapping fiber networks // hacking encryption data
& swearing overseas only
there were children being murdered in philadelphia

while you were busy spending money // to tap communications networks
& fund drone strikes
there were children being murdered in chicago

{murdered//starving//uneducated//cycle.cycle.cycle}

while you were busy shaking the hands of plutocrats // tapping the phone of another
& keeping tabs on terrorism
there were united states citizens starving

while you were busy with infighting in the house // to slowly erode the constitution
& maintaining a positive out look
there were united states citizens working homeless

{murdered//starving//uneducated//cycle.cycle.cycle}


{you wanna soft shoe, you wanna velvet tongue, but you tap dancing like a madman and we all got a head ache}

slight of hand

the greatest trick
we ever played
was convincing the world

we were happy
while she shut down for business

we came out in pixels & streams
of data digital & happy

we got off on a veneer // sheen of blankness

the greatest slight of hand
a slip of smile
sublime shallow waters
perfect forum format
it’s all in the wrist