A Wolf Waits

A Wolf Waits

Early one morning

reason escaped

And prescience went with it

unlocking the gate

Lights in the asylum

flicker and fade

The inmates grow restless

a deepening shade

Evening brought darkness

no stars in the sky

But nobody wondered

no questioning why

The moon simply vanished

a wolf waits to howl

All order disorder

—with thought disavowed

(Dreamsleep: December, 2023) 

Spinning The Cylinder

When does intelligence

turn on its host

Killing the patron

leaving a ghost

Russian roulette

in a game zero sum

Perception reloading

—acuity’s gun

(Dreamsleep: December, 2023) 

Quantum Leap

Life beyond numbers

images reign

Killing all reference 

lost in refrain

Gaming the theory

zeroing out

Counting symphonic

—Angels about

(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)