Axon: Creative Explorations

 

                                      ou_r ^Civilisation

                                       is ^bAse_d

                         on a shaky suPply

                                     of  ^chEap ^c_ru_de oil

 

                                  what on^Ce took

                                       an hOu_r an_d a half to _drive

                               will take fOu_r o_r five _days

                                     to walK a^gain

 

                                          wAlkin^g opens the senses

                                    inviteS intima^cy

                         an_d ^be^gs fo_r Knowle_d^ge

                                             It makes awa_re

                                     ou_r aNimal skins

                                 ou_r ene_r^Geti^{c b}o_dies

 

                        walkin^g is a pe_Rfo_rman^ce

                                          poEms w_ritten

                                       ^by thE ink

                                     of ou_r Feet

 

                                            thiS ^bo_dily ^geopoeti^cs

                        p_re_dates the ploU^gh

                                               aN_d polis

                                       an_d pa^Ge

 

                         son^glines p_re_dAte ^civility’s invasion

                                             kNowle_d^ges sun^g

                                           an_D walke_d ^ba_refoot

 

                                      this wAs when the ea_rth was soft

            nu_rtu_re_d ^by pe_rennial ^G_rasses

                                  an_d lovE_d soil

 

                                             To_day the ^g_roun_d is ha_rd

                   ^cut an_d ^compa^ctE_d      

                                shoes a_re Nee_de_d

                             to walk ^counT_ry

 

                                                Shoes an_d plou^ghs

                                       fen^ces An_d maps

                                      a_re te^chNi^cs of t_rauma

                                              of _Dispossession

 

                                                 Su^ch ^civility is ^coe_r^cively ^b_rutal

                           an_d has _disappEa_re_d

                                   the ^gene_rAtive knowle_d^ges

 

                                      ou_r ^ca_r Feet a_re _dama^ge_d

                                    walkin^g tO the ^city

                                               shOes have _defo_rme_d

                         ou_r e^colo^gi^cal wiTs

 

                   ^but walkin^{g c}an _repe_rfO_rm

                           what’s ^c_ru_dely leFt

                                      of a p_re-liTe_rate ^commons

                                              makE sung lines of thou^ght

                                 possi^ble a^gaiN

 

                     these walke_d poems A_re without pa^ges’ ^clo^cks

                                                   aN_d the many ensna_rin^g _devi^ces

                                         of ^civilitY

 

                                     they a_re be^cOmin^g lite_rate of lan_d a^gain

                                an_d ^be^gin to vaLue

                          a _retu_rn to knowle_D^ge —

 

                       ^civility’s p_rostheses A_re not intelli^gent

                                        we ^belon^G to the most _dest_ru^ctive ^cultu_re

                                                      Eve_r to exist