Teesta Review: A Journal of Poetry, Volume 2, Number 2. November 2019. ISSN: 2581-7094
Saturation
Streaming
Screen
to brain
Device
to body
Charged
contact
Paced,
endless flashing
Sound,
text and imagery
Commentary
drone
Inflation
of opinion
Assumed
relevance
Statistical
reduction
Of
feeling or experience
Thought
and information
Packaged
product, data
Trafficking
and trade
Idea
commodification
A
thirst for pause
Amidst
digital pulse
A
hunger for fresh air
Physical
movement
Human
encounter
Nature’s
embrace
Absence
of machine
Substantial
sabbatical
Essential
regular retreat
From
this online living
Cyber-space-and-speak
Spinal Secrets
for
each
life
a
single
story
line
between
each
vertebra
coded
secrets
revealed
only
through
questioning
listening
through
time
locked
in
the
braided
bone
chamber
of
my
spine
an
archive
I
now
return
to
recalling
experiences
dissolved
into
memory
fragmented
yet
not
lost
beyond
all
the
bending
twisting
shifting
extending
I
have
done
since
those
intersections
in
my
life
chapters
buried
in
cells
wrapped
in
tissue
attached
to
bone
my
body
is
my
witness
every
second
every
choice
every
wound
and
subsequent
scar
every
promise
every
regret
every
dream
or
desire
I
cannot
forget
for
each
life
a
single
story
line
a
yearning
for
home
certainly
mine