here

 

the great imploding world view

cascading light particles

you count them

1...2...                    here's another!

3.    three particles of light

and you are full

the aggregates of mind

the foundational delusions of ego

crammed in a space

the size of a baby raccoon

your brain feels so light

as light as your conscience

your pineal gland secretes

primps before its blazing mirror

I have found you

this is no illusion

we breathe, 

therefore

we're here

Qumran/Cleveland

 15,000 fragments

from 530 scrolls

found in a cave

built into a hillside

the Dead Sea swishes

quietly peers up 

at the gaping cave mouth

she walks into my room

in the psych hospital

lays a book on my bedside

says, "I thought you might 

get something out of this."

I pick up the book

read one sentence only

"life on Earth

is a battle between the Sons of Light

and the Sons of Darkness"

blood drains from my face,

I imagine

the days pass

like kidney stones

in this tenement

of the accursed