enemies coffeepots won't brew by themselves
i need an assistant to keep juice flowing
but if i ask one i incur instead wrath
legendary for its effectiveness and speed
 
we each crave one small success, the kind
bursting like fireworks and joltiness
like a train headlong into the chasm of
distance yet suddenly stopped for fear
 
of flying into the unknown, but i haven't
the ability to capture it in cages yet, my
writing space's been invaded by pressures
and lectures and questions generated from
 
all sides of the city we inhabit, and you query me
for the secrets of nuclear fusion and the
depths of the atlantic and the peace over
the pacific, how when waves form could i
 
possibly have succeeded in awakening your
dormant heart and released your trapped
imaginations, when in truth all i truly wanted
was to capture my own and share it with you.
  ¶ 7/19/2004 12:42:00 PM