fall begins hot
sunny and dry
today a marine layer
rolling in from the ocean
beautiful fog at the park
crossing police lines
the screeching last night
was a hit and run
packed farmers market
music on the promenade
scene of last's night outreach
screening of meet your meat and earthlings
to indifferent masses
down the pier onto the beach
splashing in the mother
more polluted each day
sad inheritance for a child
warm sand welcomes
trek up the incline
back to daddy's home
shower and lunch
separation anxiety as our end draws near
a child desperately trying to bond
before the executioner comes
with a knock at the door
the smiling enemy awaits
as our lives fall apart
poor child wishes denied
every daddy day
by walls of hate and accumulation
gone from daddy a long time
this vessel is old
bereft of all joy
a mere playground for thought
tired of the endless cycle
of births in thought
i used to think that thought
would end with the body
now i see there is no end
not only will a body reemerge
to be reoccupied by thought
but thought itself will survive
through all the other bodies
mammal, bird and fish
there is no end
there will never be an end
any attempt to escape is doomed
the only temporary respite
in death
before reformulation
into another vessel
another pawn for thought
