Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Gnostics on a Bus


She gets up—
short running tights,
tight and a little too short.

She gets up,
walks past men barely present, staring
through the ceiling like it was an illusion,
men trying to escape the confines of the 99 B-line,
men deep in gnostic meditation, separating mind from body,
letting the former drift like a balloon on a blustery day,
while the later remains a shell on an overcrowded bus.

She gets up,
walks past with tight black smelling-salt:
eyes fall from the ceiling
from shoulders to waist to. . .
Men return to consciousness
minds remember their tether. 

Some regain composure quickly,
eyes bouncing up from baser instincts
to ads for burritos above windows;
others follow short tights to the exit,
savoring their embodiment for a moment
before returning to their mediations. 

2 comments:

graham said...

well played. stanza two is the strongest.

Anonymous said...

Jake!

you're back!

David Loti