microcosmic hole

by Roberto Lavidez

man

an independent

cosmos

the individual

molecule

of the universe

turning

mere dreams

and wanton

fantasies

into actualities

his every insight

takes on

the character of

a lethal weapon

undermining

theology and

philosophy

the very superfluity

has been an incentive

to his questing mind

he has neglected

to study

the secret forces

and invisible

radiations

ready to forgo

love and

to sacrifice life

all his earthly

existence

contained

in a book

confounded by

incorrigible events

by nagging constraints

of poverty and

backwardness

having become

an observer

he consciously expands

the permissible range

of transformation

that which causes

a tree to rot

also will cause

a man to rot

he dares

to tell this

naked truth

to a king

a possessed person

who could only

be cured

by perforating

his skull

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A World In Flux

By Roberto Lavidez

opposites perpetually

changing

taking advantage

of any glimmer

any spark

to gain ground

in uncertain path

indeterminate and

amorphous

though a continuum

a certain mutual

hardening and

distancing of hearts

arriving too early at

objective tolerance

and recognition

of schisms

organizing the

despotism of liberty

a recurring theme

in an era borne out

of a morass of war

plague and disease

all these calamities

could not be fixed

even by an archangel

the complex poetics

conceived by

avant-garde saints

unleashing the darker

traits of the soul

remaking the product

of the labyrinth

human consciousness

its meanings

infinitely mirrored

infinitely reflected

in each other

entering into

the liturgies

maximizing

the result of being

an embodied mind

hoping to change

a world of inequalities

and discrimination

when a flow enters

into another flow

it pushes us violently

two thousand years

backward in the

history of the world

despite cooperation

collaboration for

the sake of the

common good

one should always

know one’s enemy

but the fate of

being human is

that names

are called over

the heads fall

pouf, pouf, pouf

ignoring any loss

of prestige

after everything

is done

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prescription

to immortality

by Roberto Lavidez

somewhere

in this desert

of a world

sudden rage

broke

the last remaining

barriers of resistance

crouched low

in the shadows

trapped

in the nightmare

shackled

by despairs

it is not easy

to resist

the dreams

of humiliated people

troubled by

the record

of untruth

all the hypocrisies,

lies, subterfuge,

faithlessness,

purified under

the influence

of empty mountains

he who could 

contain and survive 

elements of pain 

in the dark

embarking on

a wild journey

through the

landscape

of the soul

cleaning up 

the air

to nourish

spiritual hunger

until one could find

the prescription

to his own

immortality

expecting nothing

changing nothing

leaving nothing

behind

standing alone

against

the floodtide

of revolution

breaking

the habit

of disappearing

and reappearing

like a mirage

or the balancing

of joy

and tragedy

the ludicrous

confessions

about what

actually happened

in real life

in a wild spate

of words

punctuated

with explosions

of obscenity

sallies of

good humor

interspersed with

mockery

and threats

destroying evidence

of the hand of fate

requiring no

mental effort

spotting

the mythmaker

at work

as one learned

to cheat

in order

to survive

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impenetrable

by Roberto Lavidez

the poet contemplating

the maelstrom of change

launches into a recitation

of grievances

clenches his fist in a rage

with pressing desire

to be in the middle

of things

leading discussions

of grammatical and

allegorical exegesis

worshipping

the ideas and ideals

that are forbidden

with intent on

politicking any situation

lambasting tragic

tradition of subservience

and obscurantism

attacking the system

that made beasts of men

praising a few heroes

who told the truth

and risked their lives

those who tried to

preserve their dignity

who were crushed

and thrown away

he somehow sees the

profound aspects

of human nature

despite the fact

the entire historical

experience is literally

crying out about the

inevitability of conflict

and hopelessness

in constant danger

he writes from a

sense of adventure

interfering with

divine purpose and

prophesies of the

so called enlightened

his consciousness is

mired by conflicting strains

of schizophrenic revolt

capable of multiplicities

of meaning he embodies

secret societies manipulating

the intellectual

and political life

of theworld

penetrating the untamed

and virtually unexplored

for now his mind is

a  B  L  A  N  K

as uninked paper

still muttering

“By God, I’ll show them.”

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where are we going

by Roberto Lavidez

what have we learned

where are we going

the ordinary man

hesitated between

dismissing and tolerating

a sort of fog 

of unsolved

desire and sadness

clever at knowing

conventional histories

of men and ideas

but not at living

under prevailing

conditions

recognizing his 

own insignificance

throwing stones

aimlessly into the sea

incapable of seeing

the little drop

and the ocean are

the same thing

the very simplicity

of the scheme

the mysterious

angular forms

in shadow

losing faith

in the growth

of potentialities

turns his intinct

backward against

man himself

the blockage of

freedom

a horrid little

refusal to have

nasty thoughts

beyond the surface

of happiness and

goodness

waking up to

something slightly

unbalanced about

the whole composition

losing some form

of control that renders

it useful to civilization

the contradictions

between idealized

images demonstrated

in absolute darkness

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the flow

by Roberto Lavidez

a flow 

enters

into another

flow

showing its

inextricability

from the

sinews

of time

and light

the quiet eye

at the center

of the whirlpool

making a hash of

our understanding

of our place in

the cosmos

entering rules

and definitions

into chains of

reasoning

including critical

revisions and

rejections of

theories

a beginning

of the end

of ideology

showing how

the circle might

be squared

after all

exorcising

the ghost

in the machine

stamping

a shape onto

formless minds

shores teeming

with wretched

refuse

shadowed by

a long history

of losses

from waged

battles of

opinion

antagonisms

have survived

after killing

one another

over trivial

insults

perpetuating

the injustices

of the past

victims would

be inhabiting

an imperfect

body in a

fallen world

so consumed

with lust for

retribution

hushed whisper

turning into

a shout

refracted through

the deeply willed

deceptions

the black hole

becomes

a home

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indispensable quest

by Roberto Lavidez

if the long

endangered

world is felt

to be too great

a menace

diminished or

exhausted by use

and can never

replenish the

automatized

it will engender

a movement of

revolt giving

great impetus

to the spread of

indispensable

quest for ecstatic

transcendence

indulging in the

memories of

bygone experiences

stringing pearls for

the joy of heaven

following a guardian

spirit toward the sky

articulated by ritual

and myth rooted

in the chemism

of the organism

emerging from

beneath the earth

the passionate stirrings

of an agonizing

inherently insoluble

problem which

proclaims its own

brutality of

conscience

as eternal law

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