the poetry knook :: the poetry of stephen m. james :: indianapolis, indiana » sky http://www.tpkpoetry.com the poetry of stephen m. james Fri, 18 Nov 2011 03:14:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 The planes: the shortest distance between corn http://www.tpkpoetry.com/poetry/the-planes-the-shortest-distance-between-corn/ http://www.tpkpoetry.com/poetry/the-planes-the-shortest-distance-between-corn/#comments Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 Stephen M. James Repetition is a common prayer dangerous to a driver
boxed in, under an open sky, a rectangular prison
as rain arches across the planes.

Did you know the shortest distance between corn
are straight lines though its poles’ and electrical power lines,
an overturned microchip, the ticks on a rail
road of boxes and cylinders city-bound
around square miles of deserted farmland.

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A wet wall of worship resounds
Absorbing priorities like water to cacti.
Dry mouths and wet eyes don’t dilute my
Scummy spumes, putrid, yearning for purity:
Drilled on our demigod devotion bowed to daily.
We always move standing in one place,
sick n’ pale; faltering in Your face.
Squinting to see, struggling to focus
Through joy and shame frothed sobs of mucus.
Another rock star to sing to be autographing?
No! Your veins splash soap smothering those below bathing.
Pour through the ceiling from the sudsy sky.
Intense terms lie, intense lives testify.

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