A Long Way From There

Laid bare
what the mind
expects to see
as possible―   approximate starfish
              windy sand drift
                              alternate stones

beach blanket burnout

I don’t expect to
do anything about it

              (sleep, pretend to be awake
briefly, go back to sleep)

moon, cloud

(The Pisan Cantos)

self-conscious palm trees, organic
beer cans, the Painted Desert,
there are doubtless others

A monumental blue segue
                              into absolutely nothing
              w/the TV on all night