Suburban Surface Integral
At the boundaries of subdivisions, Subdivided infinitesimal, below The level of yards, lawn-mower lanes, Leaves of grass, limits unknown, The subatomic cuts away, (#) And all these tangencies get totaled. Fragments of invasive crops bearing Nothing besides fruit aesthetique. A verde vomit smoothie summed of Vectors the shape and size of grass blades. (#) Pointed forward, ever forward, Like the grille of a gas gorger. Autos and mowers alike decomped Into shifters, wheels, tailights, manifolds. Reconstitution leaves much desired (#) In the way of order and coherence. Asphalt shingles, vinyl and aluminum siding, Concrete patios all ground to dust. Ash to ash, all the muddled drear And character blendered into bottles. (#) What derives and differentiates These exterior places, what stokes The fireball eye, what taunts the tongue Of all these folks inside their furnaces, Must be more than muffled mysticism.
