�� Confused and convoluted

������ Muddled puddle of bubbles

������������� opaque, perfect light-intake

������������� pristine, consistent green

Trapped in rapidly rising quicksand

tugging from all sides and under

�������� downward application of torque and tension

����� dogged and deadly

dragging me down as I go readily

� Millions of images that surround without sound

����������� silent symphony of dying epiphanies

������ under an unblemished blue sky

marines in oiled aerial machines fly by

roaring wave of perpetual blaze

�������� devours herds of migrant birds

Aviate lazily at the stars

���������� parallel paths to the peregrine

��� premier airborne above the earth

Chilling in God�s Kingdom

�������������� roosting and rookeries on Mt. Olympus

Soaring above Himalayan zeniths and Andean behemoths

����� seeing clear, dismissing fear

��������������� floating ecstasy

������������������� uninhibited and free

���� nomads circumventing rooted trees

�and never coming down

������������� to the confused and convoluted ground.

 

14 April 2004