time machines

tired machines
of industry
walk the lines
of time back and
forth without unions
or any representation to
speak of.

keep it short,
the scientists said,
and i wanted to ask if
they meant the poetry or
the memory expeditions, but,
of course, i didn't and now i
find myself off course.

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time machines
are tired of
transporting
this hollow
shell of
existence
back and
forth back
and forth
again times
two - x2 -
the moment
is once but
can be viewed
again. the poet
is 'in the zone'
when dealing with
the second set of
circumstances.

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in the future
the Beat poets
found no community
in real life coffee
shops - or a lack of
it when needed - instead
a virtual community of
voices and souls -
communicating,
still, being,
still, beat,
in a word.

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coney island
time machine
of the mind
plays games
with minds
other than
mine then
the mimes
come when
all seems
lost - in
Ti'mE

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tersely, then,
time is a harsh
mistress perhaps.

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