Copyright © 2000 LeeAnn Heringer

howling at the 3 beamed beast


the best minds of my generation
did not run through the streets
naked and drunk
and it's unclear
if they ever had sex

they descended
into the cool asbestos tiled caves
of computer labs and began typing
rushing onward
towards a future only they could see
like blue water dolphins
surfacing for oxygen and light
and to wonder aloud at the passing
of another year

their faces twisted
into the too tight grins
of men who have stood too close
to the burning bush of god
and turned to embrace
its unconsuming fire

and just when you think you've caught
some meaning in three letter bursts
of their high pitched whistles and coos
they're gone

diving down to the dark depths
and their dreams of electric fish
transfixed by the sight of their own heartbeats
rippling across the blue glowing faces
of their computer screens

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