irritable vowel syndrome; code turquise

young rimbaud shouting out that words,
or
more precisely, vowels, have colors

impudent and arrogant,
young and already
burnt out, for
thirty words,
thirty poems,
thirty red
colored
vowels.

vowels,
the words,
found on mars?
film at eleven?
digital snap-
shots of a
neighbor
planet,
so many
miles out,
six months
away at current
rates of space
travel.

they will attempt
to militarize it
if given half a
chance with e-
nough time i
could see
robot wars
on the martian
surface.

china stares at taiwan.
russia stares at america.
north and south korea,
the middle east, not
to mention india,
pakistan and
kashmir, the
world, tense
and yet sub-
dued. green
dudes with a
message to man-
age the planet?

hmm. where have i heard this before
or
am i thinking of the vibrant color
of another moment?