ABSOLUTE ZERO
Karen Newman


Control always begins at night.
Far away from earth
a cosmic veil dissipates into entropy,
revealing a glistening necklace of stars
nestled in black velvet.
Dangling from that ambit,
a glacial blue topaz planet
cut with power and polished with paranoia
channels the energy from the entire strand
into a sparkling laser
intertwined with telepathy
and pulsating with destruction.
While stalking through the universe's vacuum,
these streams of diamonds
are erased to graphite as
they enter earth's pupils,
writing their images onto retinas:
appetites engorging
sex
money
dope
bloodstones dripping
murder
assault
rape
blue lapis pools drowning
peace
love
hope
Madness always begins at night.

 
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