Silicone Sustenance
21 July 1996

The web weavers are women, and I
Am a man.

Namesakes

I am a builder.
Though I build on sand.

Silicone sustenance
Susurration not of reality
Not of fiction
Of some other thing.
Regardless
A whisper
For the perceptually endowed
to enjoy.

I will build the castle
And never return to it.
It is done
A part of my life, and
It is done.

There remain other unbuilt structures.
The strands reach out
To empty peaks
That ache for
Castles.

The price of living in a castle
Is too much.
I am happy
Just to be able to build them.
substantiality?
Substanciality?
No.
Just like life.


All material ©1996 by Doug Franklin
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