War of Wor(l)ds

"The medium is the message."

Marshall Mc Luhan, 1967

Holy man
Speaks of peace
Enlivens
deepest hate.

Erudite
Unworldly wise
seeks merely
to advise
through soulful
thought
(or as is claimed)
in scholar's tone
not to preach
upon throne
but successfully
lays the bait.

Woeful
he mourns
the chasm
Fury of the irate
Enlightenment
and reason
adorn the costume
that is Faith.

Decaffeinated (7 days and counting)

Lacking
the buzz
my body seems intent
on relaxing
which i dread
as idleness,
lack of alertness,
numbness,
but
the irony
seems to be
my other senses
are free.

I hear other people's voices
children's tiny, little noises
distant traffic
mothers in their daily panic
conversations around me
all of a sudden
forced outside my thoughts
I feel the sun stinging
and I am exactly
where I am: outside

The Age of Impersonal

(Ode to the Television Generation)

The search
for self
is wholly
external,
and sense
of belonging
in dollars
and cents.

Often equating
communication
with the device,
in it, we look
deep
into the mirror,
ending up
seeing only
with its own eyes.