Restless Rustler

by Pat Darnell




Just a Donor?

I noticed ...
The other day
Me brain ..
Began shutting down

Big galvanized ...
Heavy tubular steel
Gates clanging shut,
For eternity? Yikes!
... that sound

‘Life as moral issue –‘
Clang!
‘Positive reinforcement –‘
Clang!
‘Decision making –‘
Clang!
‘Objectivity –‘
Clang!

Mass on top ...
... I suppose,
Has no longer any time ...
... for all those

Ouch; I’m sore --
-- I was just a donor,
And now all is pared,
-- Less than more?
Does not seem square.

A surrogate in space;
During an erratic pace;
‘Where Life ... uh ... Life and ... er –‘
Clang!

[pd. Bryan, TX, 04.11.2010]