9th and Olympic – Strength

5

Strength and					character
Lice 						itching
Reading the paper under				the
Bridge waiting appointment at			four
Take each					point
Gold						silver
Iron						needle
Lustrous solid conductors pulling		pulling
But the						position
Is low						talking
Subtle						instrument
Within the algebra (geometry) the		ticking
Veins bouncing up against			arms
Spread out					sleeping
The 						beating
Muscle						pumping
The cage					is
Circling the emotion (anger) as			slapped
Photos						in
A low						voice
When no production is				telephone
And						forgotten
As a						pole
That stands up and				corrects
"Her 						head
Is chopped					off
And her breasts sag				sag"
Nominalism is portrayed in			every
The lice					crawl
Or						do
They wiggle along the				paper
Turns over hands holding			it
Car wind					passing
Same						same
Isolated words					in
Lines						that
Break into houses alone				linked
To						others
By kinship					attached
And hated on every				page
Newspaper					lines
Telling you					to
Slow the progress slow				the
Hand don't let it 				raise
A string					of
New						thought
The good					guys
End						up
At Seventh and Broadway				giving
Away Charles					Bukowski
Books						words
That turn back into				other
Words that turn again				into
Another language				of
Spelled						similar
Meaning						and
The directions					North
Are lost in the					pocket