Polaris

I believe it like you believe in God.

I can't explain--
I understand now.


If I disbelieve in this
I am lost.




What do we choose--
my fixed mark--
for navigation. A statement solid for living taking
the form of a question, pivotal










Polaris










around which
the sky eddies
we learned this
that speed is




relative. Without you the Earth outruns me.
Together,


although it's only on wind that I'm dancing,
I'm dancing,

at full speed in speed with believe.

nothing to say

the same old boring predictable tired trite repetitive exhaustive redundant expected mundane trending things to say (in monotone)

the weather is good the weather is bad how about that weather it's 80 degrees it's 62 and sunny it's supposed to rain it's supposed to shine there's a storm coming some clouds roll in the marine layer burned off and then it was sunny

the padres the chargers the mariners the seahawks the sounders the blazers the timbers the lakers the angels the dodgers

the Democrats the Republicans the Senate the House the President and Congress a filibuster a bill gun control birth control border patrol police on patrol gun safety safe sex high wages low wages 1 percent 99 percent global warming global poverty globalization ukraine crimea russia the phillipines canada mexico racism progressivism nihilism optimism pessimism sadism satanism environmentalism libertarianism liberalism leftism rightism centralism cynicism

I slept well but my back hurts I eat well but my stomach hurts I exercise but I feel fat I'm depressed but everything's good work was slow work was fast work was hard my boss is a hard ass my boss is an idiot my customers were mean my customers were nice my sales were up my sales were down we had a sale and work was busy

mom is good dad is bad sister's good brother's bad uncle's sick aunt is pregnant grandma's working grandpa died the cat ate grass and the dog threw up the baby sat up and the roses bloomed

up the road camp Pendleton boomed the tide was out just after noon I was off today I walked the shore all these I thought but nothing more