islands remain intact two weeks after the earth shook
Scandinavian women discuss American politics in fluorescent light
I blink
maybe Hawaii has too much light
but the days are short
my birthday gets shorter as my life gets longer
29 years and people wish me well
it is not my accomplishment
I give them my mother’s phone number
she deserves the plaudits
I am just a product
a continuation of evolution
a solution to a practical problem
standing upright
a manner in which fore-limbs can be freed
can build tools
can find answers
inquiries
senate hearings
my birthday last year featured an Irish pub in Honolulu and a technical writer from Kentucky
my 22nd birthday featured an Irish pub in Bolton and a computer programmer from Holland
the cake was like a brick
hurled through a window
into my world
my world then and my world now share no windows
only poems
passed back and forth between winters
theorists and experimentalists
life and something just like it
emotions and sensations
one is physical
for all of my studies I never took a physics class
never saw a true demonstration of gravity
gravitas
I thought Dr. Holt had gravitas
until I saw him get drunk and try to pick up a 17 year old girl
what else can one expect from a man named after the Greek god of wine and fertility
Neruda was responsible for MSN’s quote of the day
I will never share this honor with him
but I hope to share a glass of Chilean wine with my companion
her eyes may be the color of love,
or the color of Hawaiian beaches
and her body is not far away
in fact,
she is closer to me than Neruda
or his mermaid
will ever be
November 9, 2006
Honolulu, HI
Honolulu, HI
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