Wednesday, January 13, 2010

A Theme Thursday Post...Surface

..on the surface

The surface tension turnabout
now we slide, a backlog of Newtonian laws
retrospect and derelict
canceled with no explanation.

The moon's got nothing on this
those old black and white pictures
the slow motion
and garbled transmissions—
link to the archives
of technology.

On the surface we slide
a running start combined
with hum and harmony
and spinning we pinball into
concussions and splintered
infrastructures.

Who, we ask, deleted
nature's conventions?
Why, we ponder, the change
in normality. Or did we with excess
spend our last quarters
frivolously?

Gas the rotational
machinery. Strap on
the Velcro and dodge
the heretics that cry out
Doom.
Gas up with sugar and coffee pills
and run for your lives.
Stop the babies floating
up to ozone.
Walk for life, stroll
for the planet,
skip for yoursurface.

19 comments:

Tess Kincaid said...

Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night!

mouse (aka kimy) said...

i am dizzy!! gotta find some surface to lay down on!

Betsy Brock said...

wow...loved this. I wish I could write poetry!

Skip Simpson said...

Very profound stuff!

Anonymous said...

I'm just a little bit jealous of your skills:)

JeffScape said...

Dude...

You just rock.

Joy Keaton said...

I especially love the last three lines!

Brian Miller said...

i like th thought of strapping on velcro! smiles.

this one gave me a pinball feeling...i like it.

Jill from Killeny Glen said...

This was great...fast paced...I managed to keep up...with the help of some sugar and coffee pills!

Lizzie said...

Tom, great writing. I like it alot. Especially these lines:

"with hum and harmony
and spinning we pinball into
concussions and splintered
infrastructures."

Happy TT.

Michael said...

well i have to admit i don't really get this but like it.

Rinkly Rimes said...

Your illustrations are intriguing, partly explained by your words. But I feel I'm missing something important.

Reya Mellicker said...

These images are incredible. I keep staring at them, trying to understand what I'm looking at. Ghosts? Stoplights? Astronauts and space probes?

Slippin' and slidin' on the surface tension of your mind. Wow!!

Tom said...

just some photos i took from inside my porthole!

Baino said...

OOh Tom, pretty deep for you. Excellent poem I love 'spinning we pinball into concussions and splintered infrastructures' very apt given the current Haitian situation. Sorry I'm so late catching up. Just now doing the rounds. Cheers :)

Rebecca said...

I keep hearing The Who's Penball Wizard playing in my head:)...Very fast paced poem and full of a lot of energy.

Dreamhaven said...

Very involved and interesting take on "surface" Happy TT

lettuce said...

the velcro bit made me last
it was all rather sellotape and string, wasn't it? scary

Candie said...

I really like it Tom!Nice one!