Saturday, June 28, 2025

The Ides of Merch

In a world zapped happy
By subgenres of highly complex systems 
There’s something extremely
Like whiteflies on a hibiscus leaf about
Fresh drops
Late scratches 
A pileup of funny cars at the motor speedway
Precisely like airstrikes
A collapse of ancient temples.

In a network of networks 
Space is limited
Defensible space
What I know I don’t know 
Suffuses the universe 
A debris field
Bottomless, toasted and
What I don’t know I know
Is now streaming.

A crazy copse of pinball bumpers
Concusses me pneumatically
Wasps at long snapper school
Rattle my head
Octopus up in arms
Jitterbugs my teeth
A rooster barks
Steel plates ahead 
Beware the ides of merch. 


Copyright 2025 Randy Stark

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