seven

in reflecting (on) this experience

i like to take the easy road

the hardest way possible.

my ipod blares my favourite tunes

and sometimes the lifting comes,

sometimes i'm backstage

at an abba concert

or flying like a glider

without the plane.

sometimes i am wonder woman.

i adopt the mannerisms

of former movie stars

that look more like 

complicated cravings in a

world that has sophisticated

itself up its own arsehole,

confusing the *compelling for

good/potent/art/

merit-orious.

so i look to other conceits

and ways to amaze.

the answer just may come

from the graft, the physical

stretching of the sinews

and tendons producing both

heat AND value.

the shadows are long,

this day has taken its toll.