Oh that Euro-centric appeal
as if choice were necessary
the contest in silence
                          across centuries
what trumpets once announced

float god-like above a page of information
there’s always something to think about

video input drops off
much sooner than print
direct access to the nod lobe
not that drowsy eyes don’t cross
at the blur of wiggling words

the us versus them syndrome
(aka me vs. you)
a disadvantage of cognitive fluidity
to be able to stand apart
to imagine
                               a world alone
that’s the Promethean bargain
(offer we didn’t refuse)
as with fire’s leveling force
an explosion of energy reveals
the basic structure of all things

sheer availability of surface
accumulates what falls from above

ride the wild amygdala
to palm sweating heights of terror
and recognition

the purpose of war is to eliminate humanity