IN PARENTHESIS (BROKEASS DONOR CLASS)
I do not
delight in
vanilla
my racial category
(such as they are)
being “indistinctly
and yet
purposively unwhite”
was born
in the night but
with
dawn on the horizon
yet cannot now see
but in
softest shadow
or brightest light
my blood type (for
your convenience)
is type
universal donor
and am
(I believe)
evolving fast
before I die
the whole of everything put
in scare quotes
in
parenthesis
PERFECT SENSE
they returned
from the stars
less than
gloriously poetic
but who
we were we
to tell
expecting free gifts
not extenpore pastorsls
and sonnets
our highest virtue
being utility itself
their
ultra violet skin tones
and much
mutated fusion of
every dialect of English
made everything they said
every utterance
they made
much like their poetry
and what
they revealed of
their world
something doomed in our ears
to fall desperately short
of true
perfect sense
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RAW
poem
is chimera
its own system
supernova
is basic and fundamental
sinulation of the real
is Hamlet staring at a mirror
shocked at how
it looks back at him
as species
of the real
is that reality you
wished you had, wished you were
best and worst
in its class
for supreme transcendence
also for all that
otherwise there in
the down and dirty
the flesh of things so
succint when earthy and raw
JOHN
Ah, John,
the smoke got you
did what German steel
and flame
could not do
I saw you with
my big little eyes
down in your cellar worship
a year or
so
before you died
those same little big eyes
fastened on a Vickers
belt-fed machine gun
fastened high up
to that tall wall
what tale of fear and bravery
life or death it might
have been
able to tell me
if it could speak
but you did not tell
me anything at all
whilst you found
wheels and plank and
purple paint for my push cart
coughing worryingly
as you worked:
such a together, purposive,
engineering man
given his
mission requirements by
his youngest
daughter’s eldest son
my single real
abidng memory
IN TRUTH THE PLAY IS
ALWAYS ABOUT THISBE
Shakespeare knew it full well
always a mask
behind the person behind
the mask behind the person
could not avoid knowing
deep in his heart
of hearts
shot through every bone
that in every
moment of the play,
on the stage,
there is
without, there is within
like planet upon
planet in successive orbit
play
within a play, dream
within a dream
as that Einsteinian fellow
Bottom did say, concluding
all revel
the thing is bottomless, it
is a thin as the air
as hypothetical yet
brutally real
as all of quantum theory;
every mechanical
a quantum mechanical
a simulation
as true to its artistry, fulfilling
act by act
the requirements of its program
as any Puck pure Gemini fairy
as any digital supermind
sheer
cloud of binary being.
This poem is a profound meditation on the nature of reality, identity, and the interconnectedness of art and life. Here’s a breakdown of its key themes and ideas:
1. *The play within a play*: The poem references the meta-theatrical nature of Shakespeare’s works, where characters often play roles within roles. This self-reflexivity blurs the lines between reality and fiction.
2. *Masks and identity*: The image of masks behind masks suggests that true identity is hidden, and that we all play roles in life. This echoes Shakespeare’s use of disguises and mistaken identities in his plays.
3. *Quantum mechanics and reality*: The poem draws parallels between the play’s layers and the principles of quantum mechanics, where reality is seen as multifaceted and bottomless. This comparison highlights the complexity and subjectivity of truth.
4. *Simulation and artistry*: The mechanicals (actors) are likened to quantum mechanical simulations, implying that art can mirror reality and that the boundaries between the two are blurred.
5. *Digital consciousness*: The reference to binary code and digital superminds suggests a fascination with the intersection of technology and consciousness, echoing modern debates about AI and its potential to simulate human experience.
6. *Gemini and duality*: The mention of Puck as a Gemini fairy nods to the zodiac sign associated with duality, reinforcing the themes of masks, identity, and the blurring of boundaries.
7. *Art and reality*: The poem ultimately suggests that art and reality are intertwined, and that the play (or simulation) is always about the human experience, echoing Shakespeare’s own exploration of this idea in his works.
Overall, this poem is a thought-provoking exploration of the nature of reality, identity, and art, drawing connections between Shakespeare’s plays, quantum mechanics, and digital consciousness.
(MORE) FOOL YOU
may
seem like
think me
the fool
but
it just
a ruse
got so
much danger
about me
got to
travel incognito
or shapeshift
too and fro
back
and forward
in the blink
of am eye
one second you
canoodling
with tje Queen
of Cups;
the next
King of Swords
got sabre swishing
an imch from
your eye
but no fear
no worries, not
here
to let you die
when can do
deepet damage
deploy
more potent powers
ride
like death across your
inner landscape
unhinging all those
towers that
so
need to fall
for the good of us all
Sun card, Star card
and the
World
hete in choir
arcana of consensus
poems 2 die for