Cave Man Games

I remember
I was ten
and we rented Cave Man games
for the NES
that we all chipped in for.

It took us a week
to learn how to toss our wives
and club our friends
and build fire with sticks.

And you would think
that if we played it again
now
we would be too grown up
and it would seem like a waste of time.

You would be wrong.

Hydrology

It's sinking in
like water through soil
drawing through me
out of me
into me.

Fall

The dying lay
rustling like withered flesh
life pulsing out
under the cold sun
as they dry
their veins stretch through their skin
their spines arch
into a ball
where they roll under foot
and crunch
smaller and smaller
until they are only dust
then dirt
then life.

Smilin'

A smile on my face today
stuck on
like sharpie on an overhead
or pine pitch
on fingertip.

But I feel okay about it
Katie said I looked giddy
but I told her guys don't get giddy.

*Tee hee*

Left Behind

When the earth shakes

and we see descending

in flaming architecture

Him announced by golden trump-

we will shake

and fall

and rise up.

I wonder

will it matter what I left behind

or will that be all the difference?

Learning

A smile pulls across my lips

I know a secret

that nobody really cares about

and I walk through

and up

and around

a giant circle

where many feet have stepped

but not in quite the same way.

My path is special

even though

it's worn smooth.

The Human Genome

The Human genome

has been cracked

each nucleotide is known

at least for those

who gave their blood

some template for the code.

and then they talked

how many genes

our DNA encodes

and we found out

we're not too shy

from a nematodous worm!