I couldn’t finish the article about
short attention spans either,
armed feds in the Wendy’s,
Saturn slowly losing its rings.
Turns out that sinking freighter
was loaded with rubber duckies,
and now the beach is filthy with kids,
tiny cameras in the cash machines,
a car alarm is triggering a car alarm
is triggering a car alarm, day-ay-ay O.
As far as the Arctic melting goes,
good thing we’re already 70% water,
the rest old locker combos
and the memory of a kite
snagged high in a tree.
We probably expected too much
from a people held together
by something signed with a feather.
Calypso held Odysseus captive
on her island for years,
so don’t be surprised to see
their ski masks getting sweaty.
Look at me through your doorbell cam,
the light is beautiful
and a particle
and a wave.