Leslie Kleinberg
lkleinberg@hotmail.com

12 AM August 27

Ephemeral dingbat drat that infernal clock.
12:00 exactly again and I haven't look in hours.

A book of hours, a passing timely
Spindrel, cornermonger.
Little leather torture ducks, advertised
Cloud Nine. Don't fret ---
the gods are coming to greet you.

I will translate the preface and leave
the rest for you.

Berries, prints of positive.
Trace the pencil etchings
I tattooed on the wall.
Watch your electrosocket.

Reciprocity.
Fall quarter begins.
I am not deaf but show me a sign.
I'm listening.
 
 

Alissagold a liz o gold
alazarin son or daughter
Eliza bold brigade don't rain on
My pinata.
 

12 PM August 27

Overhead Draco
The stars move in circles
The planets are not always favorably placed.

Big Jupiter with his four bright moons
Tops the charts with a show-stopper.
Go outdoors to locate the
real stars / Spica Corvus Arcturus

Please rise in the Northeast
Do experimental dialing
Get local sun time
(Oakland is P+ oh 9)

Mark the ecliptic, looking South in winter.

Apologies to Edmund Scientific,
Manufacturers of fine astronomical telescopes.
 

How strange if one were to black out from eating
I imagine you would call the colonies.
The night air poked holes in my minaret.
 

[line above originally "...Edmund Scientific Co."]