This screen where I type is the only light
in my dark house
a fly walks up & down
& over the blinking cursor
last night I watched the sky for half an hour
& only saw two meteors
one text insertion point every 15 minutes
that’s no way to write
cursor is Latin: not one who curses
of course but one who runs
it’s the transparent sliding part
on a slide rule
a door disguised as a window
fooling only flies & stargazers
pick up your grave said Jesus
& follow me
OTHER POSTS IN THE SERIES
- Ab Ovo
- The Origin of the Exclamation Mark
- Screw
- Cursor
- Shark’s Tooth
- Acorns
- Book Match
- Toenail Paring
- That Button
- Stone
- Thorn
- Knots
- Knob
- Fulgurite
- Coin
- Sugar Pill
- Peach Pit
- Eyecup
- Asterisk
- Bullet Casing
- Nipple
- Indicator Light
- Salt Crystals
- Asterisk (videopoem)
- Fish Hook
- Oak Apple Gall
- Pearl
- A Thumbnail Taxonomy of Rivets
- Wingnut
- Baby Carrots
- Computer Chip
- Thimble
- Lentil
- Blastocyst