untitled (teach me)

teach me

what you can

about fireworks

gunpowder

and lava flows.

help me to

see my place

in the making

of things

and the consuming

of things

where can i

for example

see my position

on the grid

of living

when all around me

have faced uncertainty

with a shrug

they prefer to

see things as they

are and ignore the obvious

they talk themselves

into a casual acceptance

of the moral condition

their's is an agenda

based on lies

and false witness

what their daddies

told them about

God and how their

moms told them to wash up 

before meals. would those 

things really matter were it not for

an abundant disregard

for the complexities in which

we find ourselves -

hidden and anonymous

in the texts of the living

stacks?

(c)jim hill (01-18-10)