i.

spare me those who cannot fathom
a universe of perverse diversity

coalition of the profligate
in virtual fugue

who underrate the inappropriate
appropriate the overrated


                         ii.

synchronize your pulses
opportunities for autonomy

call and response
in finicky mimicry

appreciate the proximate
with hospital frisson


                         iii.

said the constant to the instant:
speed cannot conquer brevity

smudge my outer particles
irascible pendant

the spin and the bounce and the bob
and all the other stationary movements


                         iv.

what is the universe
that it need not consume?