here at the surface of these plasma screens

“be:, and what does that mean,
here at the surface of these plasma screens,
reaching out as one does into the stream,
professor pauses in his recollection of what it means
to be aware;
to be well dressed and well groomed,
and it dawns on you, its television culture,
the mixed wooden pawns slung over the shareholders shoulder in a fifty pound sack,
striving for a mask to fill,
humming a tune,
new icon appears on yer desktop.

what life is any greater than this life we’re living now,
the numbered ping-pong balls drop into the blower box,
two lovers meet in a coffee shop in southern Baghdad,
it was Rip Van Winkle who fell asleep in the wood.

he’s listening to you now,
realizes the action happening behind him on the green screen,
it’s a commercial for the common cause,
for even common causes must have commercials now.

like the worth of grain against the worth of oil again,
to have that conversation with the figure head,
its hard work then,
only in leisure then,
or only in work then.

oh great single seed,
you are my hero,
you are my “two plus two equals four” as something more,
its funny how sometimes someone comes along and plants you.