EKG

Let me think momentarily

about the pleasant surprises that filter down through the tall clouds

summoned by the humidity of cotton fields and ravaged dirt

seedling of blood sporuting new directions

of vast haste and electrocardiographic imagery

the charts elucidated what i knew already

the electric meter ranging across the scale, bouncing coiled off the edges on either side

fully resting momentarily

as if to curl up in itself on one end, bounding to the other with all the manic might of a golden trombone

the EKG told me what I already knew - which was danger in short form

danger in strides

danger before the meter broke again, and mercury ran across the kitchen table

sucking down dust

while we sucked down the last of the blueberry banana protein pancakes

the mercury relented and the meter struck the barrel on the side of the leather belt

the refrigerator humming

the consistency even then knowing

that the hydro tubing, and rustic fans would give out

either before or after i did

regardless, they would too