cannnon

collision. crush.
freedom.
like toothpaste
in a tube.
splurt.
birds can’t survive
in a coop.
burst.
i think the
up-close
-and-
personal
sound of a cannon rings like

strings of a violin strung
by it’s bow.
large tubular firearm
designed to fire
a heavy
projectile
over a
considerable distance.
three thousand
miles. syntax.

approximately between
fourteen hundred and
four hundred B.C. the
Hebrew community
maintained words of the priest.
the law of Moses
displayed in the temples
to show us a
way of living.

when temples went down.
boom. bam. destruction.
Ezra began
to teach
and keep
the words alive.

personally, i would’ve rather died.

synagogues were filled
with scribes. re-writing
the rights.
on papyrus. to
share with us.

ouch, cramp in my wrist.
i love this invention
of Sheaffer pens.
even better than
reading with
my 20/20 vision.

i need to write.
unload. recite.
to know. turn
out. express.
my questions
regarding
salvation.