Working out an affirmation
from a sensitive system
takes a year of debugging
and then another six months
of removing computer analogies
from the organic matter
without using any pesticides
The delicacy of the receipt
invoiced for double the price
spells doom for the ego project
- a reduction without destruction -
and a hibernation in dreams
whose sheer lucidity
implies that too much is possible
I want it anyway
there's no other fuel
for the walking on to the next
even as I look away from ideal
refusing to negotiate
at a table that tells me I am good
Roman Ryan 