AT A TIME

AT A TIME

this is my
read-it-in-five-minutes
micro poem

perfect for
micro learning, micrometer
word measurement
really close reading

one
   syllable at a time
(to get
a fix on the pentameter)
fraction
   of a carat metaphor
miniscule effort
swinging saloon door to
becoming (as
the media ads tell it)
most
    dangerous dude in the room

unless
   someone in there already
having spent
many
   consecutive lifetimes
reading great
odes
   and epics

in this age
of instant bliss
going through
       subatomic meltdown

malfunctioning
at the molecular level

one split atom
at a time