SCRATCH

SCRATCH

that’s rich!

            a hint
of measured, justice apocalypse
is the thing you missed

blues mingling with reds
contending
       with purples

strikingly: so much so
that you miss the fine writing
on the wall now
           spreading across
the sky

all at sea, the logos screwed,
politically, economically, socio-
logically

counting on the prescience of
index, rolladex,
     all your database systems

as the waves roll in tides change
continents tilt currents shift

bringing you fully up
                            to speed
     fully up to scratch