War of Attrition (Cold Spark)

#1 · June 30, 2020, 4:45 pm

WAR OF ATTRITION (COLD SPARK)

Somewhere between the shadow and the boxer,
between the lab and the monster
is the path of redemption
in a war of attrition
on a match-head
of wisdom
blown out
on a cold spark
from a flat-lining piston
Somewhere between the markets and the fever
between the cogwheels and the lever
where the song of forgiveness
is not lost or in stillness
in the margins
of despair
blown up
like a sound byte,
cavalier-like, in history's cross-hairs