Ode 875

matt turner, electric cello

tad neuhaus, bass

joanna dane,  Kaossilator

This elaborate bungle

Of quivering termites,

Determined hoard,

Each mound a mite

each mite a block

each block a thought.

Each thought, a rupture

Of undulating verve.

Rejoice! this elaborate bungle

Kansas prairie,

Chloroform carpets,

ancient puzzles,

commingling fortress of

pungent heat *

* rotting,

dying,

 enduring =

All,

Chicken,

Termite,

Grass,

Earthworm,

Bursts of breath

From the depths

Of mitochondria,

Each 

an elaborate bungle

of elemental

Hydrogen,

Oxygen,

Carbon,

Phosphorus,

Nitrogen,

Our very threads,

Rejoice!

That thick blanket of universe

surrounding each photon

of each nucleus,

We are all but

equal

vibrations

of

the

same

everythingness

of speckled chickens

stuttering sentiments

of

- blither blather -

{or whatever it is they are capable of thinking}

their premature and nude heads,

pocked with the beak marks

of

some

flustered

cock.

Rejoice!