Stephen Mead
Doors As
Arches, the good curve of this wood,
The mahogany pine mix, cherry-gold
Where, golden, the sun comes
As an autumnal coat of stained glass –
These leaves glimpsed in their angelhood
Through this threshold that is open,
This gateway of elevation
Certain as the sky
Hands reach for
As if searching to find, turn some very big
Invisible knob, & ascension is easy then,
Ascension is everything –
The curve of the bow
Spirit shoots for
The Clause 28s
Blissful ignorance——
BE SERIOUS
(Whose?) Secure as a monarchy——
DO RESEARCH
in not so quiet decline——
HOW
Shush. Mum's the
word is they ain't——-
(Say it plain)
GROPE IN THE DARK
afraid of emasculation——-
GROW W/OUT GUIDANCE
havin' enough clamps——-
(Read clauses)
to halt information——-
(Huh?)
You know
POMPOUS INTOLERANCE
censorship shows——-
PROVING STRENGTH
a good example——-
OVERBLOATED
(But they be civil, they be polite.)
A parliamentary rule—–
(Oh yea, wigs 'n britches)
THIS MINISTRY THINKS
confiscating files——-
(and tea with biscuits)
IT'S THE TOWER OF
with pumice to scrub—--
(you mean like Lady M)
KNOWLEDGE
inky thumbprints——-
("Out, out damn spot")
WE MUST BE LOST
no blemishes then——-
(Thank God for Shakespeare)
CITIES JUST UN-
only an Orwellian
(I feel enlightened)
DISCOVERED
room 101
Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988 caused the controversial addition of Section 2A to the Local Government Act 1986 (affecting England, Wales and Scotland, but not Northern Ireland), enacted on 24 May 1988. The amendment stated that a local authority "shall not intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting homosexuality."
Disillusioned
This hand that unclasps itself—-
on purpose?——
This head still a satellite dish, eyes
on rotation for signs—-
Why
not——
A shrug after hope momentarily finds itself
no longer quite resolute—-
Hope gazing at sunshine here, blossoms, there &,
in shadows, a sudden remembrance or
The Khmer Rouge.
Innocence, that
sacrificial calf
bleeds into a deer form
of sensitive features.
Looking hard, instinct can't utterly disregard
how universally neutral nature is, passing out
pestilence along with enough rice.
God's work.
The mysterious Way.
Whatever faith, mysticism
carries us through chance
toward ultimate self-responsibility
realized
yin
yang
hands like a food chain
broken to
connect
further on:
the wilderness disappearance of deer through mist.
How branches, antler shaped, peer from
the former killing fields
of such blotted palm glades.
