poem

[Michael Herman]

thanks to you, florian, and to the lineage of oslist poets who've led us
this far.  count me in...

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suite 1105

LAPTOP sits atop old cardboard box,
in a trick i learned at lisa heft's house.
keyboard, mouse, printer
and all of the internet
dangling...

with my TEACHERS ever-present,
wide awake and holding all beings,
watching me here from photos,
a mosaic of compassion
tacked on my wall...

over my breakfast BOWL now empty,
save for the spoon glued to its bottom
by oatmeal and dried fruit.
it invites a stretch down the hall,
back to the kitchen...

as the big brick box of the SCHOOL
booms with amplified administrative authority.
it blankets the neighborhood but talks over the heads
of the children screaming and laughing
on the playground...

and the clouds steaming ever-eastward,
across the great LAKE, michigan
which is big enough to be seen from space
but is resting now in pieces,
between tall buildings...

on my desk.




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Michael Herman
300 West North Avenue #1105
Chicago IL 60610
312-280-7838 voice
312-280-7837 fax

http://www.michaelherman.com
...an invitation.

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