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Catechism
 
Precision haunts
our accomplishment
intentional random fractal schemata
stigmata of drive-by cultural theft
 
news drones intone insistent
scintillating science-y sound bites
professors confess rush buzz
of mathematic precision
 
versus vision of shaman savant
tracing light in the arc of darkness
accessed via sacred mushroom
resonant of ancient ritual
beloved of reindeer and jolly St. Nick
 
oh 22/7ths, Avogadro, Fibonacci,
the power of ohm
visionary video vanities viewed
with imprecise precision
 
lines serge the curvature of space
stars merge in Mandelbrot sequence
infrared x-ray gamma ray stellar collapse
conclusive coherent chaotic precision
 
opinionated prion ravaged synapses
shortsighted swiss cheese of our genius
selfie of one hand clapping
concise precise fuzz of us
 


Look
 
I’m stitching my way
through this
one seam at a time.
                                           Push the needle in.
My arms are heavy.
all this holding up
and holding in.
            
I knit my bones
into a house so rickety
and full of holes
it can shelter
no one.
           
I line the path
with shards of glass.
                         
They sparkle
in the way that
being broken
can be beautiful.
                           
Who will speak
through the seams
of all the closed mouths?
                           
Who will see
through all
the closed eyes?


 
Just Us
 
one day the sea
will lap over 5th avenue
wet lady liberty’s skirts
birds will fly above
abandoned streets
the wealthy gone in ships
to colonize Ganymede
or some such moon
a starry tribe in a cave
meek inheritors of
what’s left of the earth
will revere a long dead
smart phone
precious relic
of an ancient god
Peter Hamer lives in Estacada, Oregon. He sits on the Estacada Area Arts Commission, is the Music Coordinator for the Estacada Summer Celebration annual art and music festival, and serves on the board of the Performing Arts Group of Estacada. He is the founder of the Estacada Poetry Project. His work appeared in Take a Leap, and has work forthcoming in DUM DUM Zine.
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