Radical Readings: 03/01/2020

Dark Energy is a substance proposed by some physicists to explain a discrepancy in calculations involving the known mass of the universe, versus the expected mass.

Dark Energy is known to most humans.

It presses in after an argument,

or propels us to dark affairs in dark places,

Sordid, wild flings of flesh-feast.

It drives us to orgasm, then repeats

because we just can’t resist that Dark Energy.

The correct level of weed or THC high reveals

all kinds of energy to those watching for it.

Flashing colors of pleasure and glee,

foreboding browns and blacks heavy with fear -

It soon is clear whether the energy present is

dark or light.

Mescaline or Peyote or psilocybin can reveal

energy in myriad permutations,

show the past and future in endless combinations.

Multiple universes? You will see them all.

Lambda and 2-pi and X/2 + Y = 0 will be meaningless,

you will just feel-taste the vibrations of everything,

know what God must feel like every day,

assuming there is a God besides you in this trance.

This quintessence that must surround us all

may be harnessed someday by us clever humans.

Then it will be called something else,

Quint Quant fuel pellets, Fifth Force Juice.

But to all other living things on Earth,

the human race has been the Darkest Energy

they have ever known,

or been forced to suffer from.

Imagine that.

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

We will overcome it

Treatment may become routine,

be great if you live through it;

Stay at home in quarantine,

better to avoid getting sick!

Be great if you live through it,

taking all the needed precautions.

It is easy to avoid getting sick,

just disinfect and practice sanitation.

Take those necessary precautions,

Avoid any large teeming crowds;

disinfect and practice good sanitation,

Stay indoors, stay healthy, stay proud.

Avoid any large teeming crowds,

especially at the busy supermarkets;

Stay indoors, stay healthy and stay proud,

there is lots of food, don’t have to hoard it.

No need to go to busy supermarkets,

you can still order restaurant carry-out;

there is lots of food, don’t have to hoard it,

We will overcome this, there is no doubt.

Government checks could soon be on the way,

stay at home in safety and quarantine;

no need for excessive despair or dismay,

treatment for this virus will become routine.

Friday, March 13, 2020

the Divine Miss D

Forget any fentanyl-laced heroin;

Forego the cannabis brownies or drinks;

no need to smoke joints or bowls, no siree.

Hard liquour or craft beers? Who needs ‘em?

Divine donuts are enough of a treat,

lush with creams and tasty frosting,

oozing with flavorful jellies,

spiffed up with color sparkles.

Long square frosted eclairs,

round, plump bismarcks,

cake rings thick with frosting,

I could spend all day gazing at

these glazed lovelies in a bakery window.

The only law enforcement problem

I might stumble across might be a

hungry, impatient patrol officer,

eager to grab his breakfast and be gone.

Then I would have to stifle my addiction

momentarily, and offer a place:

“After you, officer!”

Never know, might prevent a ticket someday;

Even addicts have to observe protocol sometimes.

Friday, March 06, 2020

Corona Afire

Concerns stack up like bodies at a morgue,

as a virus roams across continents.

Some researchers struggle to make a vaccine,

while others mass-manufacture testing kits.

Stock prices whipsaw up and down,

Central banks take emergency measures

to loosen up the money supply. Can a

lower interest rate help eliminate a virus?

Guess we will soon find out.

Some of this reminds me of the AIDS

epidemic, and how threatening that seemed.

It was a guaranteed death sentence, disability

granted with no questions asked. 30-some

years later, HIV+ people lead normal lives.

Science and human determination will find

a solution, and then a cure. We always do,

sooner or later.

It is the damage in the meantime that is tough.

(Wash those hands, everyone)

Sunday, March 01, 2020

Spring Arise

Green is rising up the stalks

of the Spirea I’m trimming;

A peace agreement was signed yesterday,

potentially bringing our boys home;

Forsythia flowers in a neighbor’s yard.

Temps have risen to a balmy 63,

the sun is out and fresh robins serenade.

New weeds leaf out to catch those March rays,

for a moment all is quiet in the neighborhood.

This rare moment of tranquility is savored…

Tomorrow more rain is forecast,

along with falling temps and north winds.

Today’s teaser just whets my appetite,

but I know the main course is coming eventually.

Patience and perseverance and a good yard cleaning

will bring an emerald lawn, and new flowers glowing.

Tulips, hyacinth and daffodils poised for their showing,

Time to get the lawnmowers out, homeowners grumbling.

Radical Readings

Monday, March 30, 2020

Haiku time

Sunday, March 22, 2020

Book links for those curious

Thursday, March 19, 2020

Dark psychedelia