Broken Arrow

by

Klaus J. Gerken

2008


COSMIC

Weak
photons
and
strong
glue
formulate
the
principle
of
quantum
string
theory -
what're
we?

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Fate

wd
like
to
shoot
an
arrow
in
the
air
and
have
it
land
somewhere.

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gods

sometimes
the
arrow
drifts
far
above
the
heads
of
mortals
and
never
comes
down.

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Perfect equilibrium

up
and
up
and
up
down
and
down
and
The
radiant
arc
hits
home

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Concrete

Flints
are
morning
glories
where
the
fumes
develop
rhyme
and
puncture
equilibriums
stay
calm

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PARO

Arrow
and
gazelle,
chariot
and
dust,
brutal
cerulean
sky,
distant
pyramid -
Pero
torments
fate.

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Triple crown

A
carrot
will
not
provide
incentive
for
a
triple
crown
alumni
the
arrow
does

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WOUNDED

Heel
bent
on
perfection
Achilles'
shield
deflects
the
arrow
into
path
of
bitter
muses

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OUR AVRO ARROW II (Hind sight)

So
all
the
engineers
went
to
NASA
and
landed
an
eagle
on
the
moon.

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Northern Shit

After
we
burnt
Washington
in
1812
how
appropriate
the
poop
continues
falling
even
now

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SPRING

From
my
window
apple
blossoms
near
a
steeple
where
refraction
sparkles
with
a
wink

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BEAUTIFUL SKY

From
my
balcony
just
infinite
blue
not
a
cloud
forming
what
a
supercilious
lie

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DREAM

Some
long
valley -
Food
stall
at
some
point -
lush
gardens
and
then
rough
rivers.

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Halo

Lasso
the
moon?
when
the
stars
caress
its
halo...
could
they
reel
it
in?

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Hanged

just
see
that
the
rope
doesn't
turn
into
a
dangle
on
the
gallows
tree

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Ygdrasil Press
(c) 2008 Klaus J. Gerken