l i g h t

by Shaun Lawton

The tangential is an ideal device 

for circumscribing the known universe 

because to draw a circle one may begin 

at any point.  In the case of our cosmos 

we may end up with something which 

resembles a cross webbing of crown 

but the principle remains the same

a spiraling of circles in perpetuity 

spirographically carving out 

a heliodimensional gyroscopic 

area through which it passes 

leaving behind the trace dying 

embers of its astral ghost 

to linger longer for us to look at

because when we step outside  

at night and stare out at the stars

we are gazing directly at death 

Light

by Shaun Lawton


The tangential is an ideal device 
for circumscribing the known 
universe, because to draw a 
circle, one may begin at any 
point.  In the case of our 
cosmos, we may end up 
with something which 
more resembles a 
cross webbed crown
but the principle remains 
the same, a spiraling of circles 
in perpetuity spirographically 
carving out a heliodimensional 
gyroscopic area through which 
it passes leaving behind the trace 
dying embers of its astral ghost 
(to linger longer for us to look at
because when we step outside 
at night and stare out at the stars
we are gazing directly at death).  

Teenagers Destroyed My Planet

That is what human beings appear to be today. 

 A race of teenagers running amok.

  As everyone over the age of thirty already knows, teenagers have got a lot to learn about life. Obviously, they themselves are the only ones to not realize this.  

Precisely the quality I find most prominent in our culture.  

Which brings us to the real point. 

 Perhaps my observations apply more strictly to Americans; maybe there exists on this planet a culture—several cultures, most likely—which indeed have matured well past the freshly post-adolescent phase of their youth.   

These are the people we must seek out, and learn from. 

 Because teenagers have destroyed my planet. 

 And I should know, because I was one myself. 

 I wanted to save the world.  But I didn't.  Oh well.

 Then I grew up.  Too late now—the teenagers would say.  

Well not so fast. Now I'm a father.  I will be raising a new teenager, see.  

There is always hope for the human race.  Oh yes, one more thing.  

Given enough time, we will all grow up eventually.     

Taken away—not a chance.