WALL
WRITING’S ON THE WALL
He thought I was talking about the Stevie song
so he serenaded me with very superstitious +
then went into a rousing isn’t she lovely Stevie
was the furthest thing from my mind
I had said putting too fine a point on the word decaf:
jittery enough can’t walk under trees when ginger-
bearded barista morphed into Stevie Slightly endearing
mostly not but I went along No energy to decline his
bonhomie
Saturday 30 yr. old Pierre removed by 6 degrees from my
family was killed by an Oak afflicted with summer drop a.k.a.
water rot in giant branches leads to a POP + a crash Pregnant
wife pushed out of the way
Note found at make-shift shrine: You don’t know me but i held
your hand while you died Arborists weighing in as city lawyers up
Tree drop a gruesome exit Wonder has gone missing from the park
Citydwellers discomfort in outdoor spaces increased exponentially
See how close they sit Aloneness on grass a worse fate
This while the Summer blockbuster Zero K asks: what’s the point of
living if we don’t die at the end? The holy grail of life is not death It
is living as though you won’t succumb to: summer drop or a warm gun
face radiant with resurrection which is still free
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*There exists in Scottsdale Arizona a facility called: Alcor Life Extension
Foundation, where fees range from $100,000 for just your brain
(neurocryopreservation) to $200,000 for whole body preservation.
The baseball player Ted Williams is there. Life everlasting belongs to those
of breathtaking wealth. (Don DeLillo Zero K 2016)
**There’s green money, and oil in drums. Our faulty eyes, our telltale heat,
Our hearts ticking through our shirts. Of course life is ours. If it’s anyone’s
it’s ours. (Tracey K. Smith Pulitzer Prize 2011 & AAC addition of word: life)
First Day of Summer 2016
