Because of
the red shift
blue shift
warped space
& the
speed of light
Major Tom’s
last message
reached earth
after it
had been
reduced to
a black cinder.
“All vice
is a
form of
longing,”
read the
message,
echoing
off the
scorched
jewel of
the universe
& rebounding
back into
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Slip into
the driver’s
seat start
the engine
pop a
tiny
white pill.
Coast to
coast without
sleep, the
ghost of
Jack Kerouac
anchored deep
in the
blacktop.
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I thought
I saw the
Star of
Bethlehem
last night,
but it
turned out
to be
a car
with one
headlight out.
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A part
of humanity
is migrating
into cyberspace,
like superman
blasting off
from Krypton
for a
rundown farm
in Iowa.
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I keep
glancing
at my
watch.The death
train is
hours late.There must
have been
an accident.
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You can’t be
reined in
if you’ve
never been
saddled
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