Therefore Essential
All sublimity is subliminal.
Heaven is a child's dream.
Hell is consequence + entropy,
though the laborious luxurious
in sophia seraglio suggests trial by
congress with fatigue and confusion,
with transposons of illocution, with
nonconformists and controversialists.
Spare me your incident reports,
tedious and redundant, of your
frivolous calamities. Investigate the gap
between Prosperity and Affluence.
Search for the hapax legomenon
within Indices of Prohibited
(and therefore Essential) Books
when good enough isn't
good enough.
All poems are written and copyrighted by Michael C. Rush.
None may be republished or repurposed without permission.