(I)/admit/E(E) (a play upon i.e. - id est)
Do you know the fl(ee)ting f(ee)ling?
(The f[L]ee-ling)?
Where frozen poles meet in Guatemala or somewhere on the -E-quator;
Sweatshops pull on blizzards l(i)k[e] ponchos;
and beads of sweat hang low like salty (i)cicl[e] beards from the gritty chins
of swollen, starving ch(i)ldr[e]n.
An IconomEc (economic) staple. Office suppl(i.e.)s in a refr(i)g[e]rator.
I.E. – (are easi.e.ly confused… and spelling isn’t a strong suite… sute… suit)
The paper shufflers stop their shuffling,
more keen to paper sh(i)v[e]ring
and the world spins like a top
balanced wildly on a single miracle.
(th(ie)ving th(ie)ves)
Make the connection… i.e. - a r[e]c[e]ssion.
Milagro! Milagro!
The fL[ee]ling in that moment
You real(i)z[e]d
in fourth grade sc(ie)nce class
That your right lobe controls the LEFT s(i)d[e] of your body …. (and v(i)ce-v[e]rsa)
And, for a moment, you thought your skull had d[e]v[e]loped bodily organs
and had a “mind of its own.”
You wondered if a man with only half a brain would swim in c(i)rcl[e]s.
Ignorant of his cognition.
Callous toward his condition. [and I bet his left hand is smooth as silk]
There are hours in l(i)f[e],
if but minutes
when you are resolved to not be made a “for example” of.

