mime's ladder (1987)

like an escher drawing, a step
forward sometimes equals three spits
in the ocean!

progress is metamorphic, checkerboards
becoming fish that feather and fly
into sharp cubist angles

college is like eating antimatter
books whiff and mix with billing notices and when you
need to move on, the ground before one

is a mime's ladder



1987 Univ of Kansas
Lawrence, Ks