god dam

what does it mean to make the sound
of a vacuum cleaner wall
whirring up the dirt 
blocking the decay fate from taking you
down river, I mean

down to the place where the deity 
rules the roosters and the alarm clocks
where purgation and pergolas
are forgotten monsters in legends you haven't read
and the sense that up is where to go
won't leak out from this generator's hydrangea

as flowery words are lost
in the roar of water stopped and tossed