COMING FROM THE ROOTS AND THE SOURCES
Christopher Stolle
second rubber bands
of primary distribution
in a third world country
as the extraction
was a dictation
to the prophetic irony
of Julius Caesar.
the hammer falls
on the plastic covering
keeping the rain out
as it begins to integrate
into the soil
of visionless amoebae.
by the garden's edge
a miracle was performed
as there lay the child
a half-eaten egg
CPR was attempted
and thus was successful
for the species to continue on.
somewhere in this land
there is a purpose for all things
and if I ever figure out why
I write the things I do
then maybe I won't have to sulk
in my indignity as a writer
and instead create beautiful things
for everyone to see.