disconnect/ dissect

to disconnect/ to not dissect 

something beautiful 

using light and ink

-blink-

and you've already missed it.

you've missed
-something beautiful -

like the patterns on the backs 

of the dinosaurs

like the coloured graffiti 

on the canteen walls. 

He looked like Barney, 

all green and purple

digging into his fish sandwich 

sipping on his toxic juice,

what's the use 

of dissecting 

something beautiful

when you never saw it

in the first place

that young lad, hood up

eating a bright blue ice-cream 

now it seems 

so strange, I agree

and those four dangling legs 

by the stone Sphinx

-unassuming-

and there: lying on a bench

to lie anywhere,
on any patch of grass
and to stare 

up at the sky 

(this/ is/ life) 

to stare up at those leaves,
chinese leaves

by the transmitting station

-to endure with patience-

to be
stationary

to just be
 to just see, to just breathe

to just listen to her

the girl who brings me joy

to disconnect 

to not dissect 

the row of men, the private tracks 

the present moment

stacks and stacks and stacks 

(of present moments)
the remote control cars

how fast they went

how hard they were concentrating

tearing through
venting
  better sometimes
to disconnect 

to not dissect
something beautiful

(I've done it again, haven't I?)
-dissected-