5 April 2025
2 May 2025
ratiocination pronounced correctly
ok, some on the same plane might think
ok, plain thinker, think!
you’ve been practising since, what?, day 600, hey, I don’t mean don’t be
subtle-higher-order-syncretic-complicated-over-determined-gulag
ho
the world is deeper than you feel
and you might feel shallow today
i think shallow when i feel shallow
so it’s no big deal
to carry on as usual – as though
nothing has happened,
is happening, will happen, which could be
deeper than you feel
deeper than you think
deeper than you are
that’s how it was
that’s how it is
that’s how it will be
i’m talking
about a rotation
into another
dimension another
state
of
knowledge
in
which
every book is burnt
every song forgotten
every baby halted
or cannot be conceived
or born
or live to tell its tale
here, let me run a few
scenarios
past you
they might issue from pork barrels
of injured soldiers
tipped out of hospital
onto the airfield
the tarmac
the dirt
someone yells
heal yourselves
suckers
that’s how much
some people
care
i’m at it again
thumbing a book in the dark
you’re right, i can only
feel the pages, i don’t
even know if my eyes are open
or shut