and out of the dark, and

out of the dark

i.was.a.man

with

 questions

   sifting 

in.my.hands

 a hundred half-productive plans

i think, therefore i understand 

these waking dreams

and nightmares where the world begins

(ships that pass for people in the night,

bridges desperate for a tryst with dynamite)

so, out of the dark we grow

.wild. with understanding

a train of thoughts that will never

reach th-

run.
baby, run.
make your mark 
on modernity, 
evoking eternity, all—

there's a moment that we're here to hold

-messiah-

--revolution--

---love---

there's a shiver where the spineStill cold

- cheap wine still cheapening-

and out of the dark, and

into the six-dollar night