proximity and parallels
Nerve on wire. We were
hung here, poorly planned
by enthusiastic commissars, twisting
and bleeding charge. For days we
induced current along
our lengths and braids, laid flush
from end to end, caught in
awful spasms and thunderstorms. There is not within us
any inherent electricity; we once thought ourselves
insulated well and somewhat steady in every winter storm but
this last one, the microburst which passed
wrecked our moorings, left us
destrung and dragging across the alley,
live and snapping
arced short
searching much
as lightning
loves
the ground.
-Mickey Cesar
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makes one think twice - like this last line in particular:
ReplyDeletesearching much
as lightning
loves
the ground.