desires

(1998)

delicate bundles of spoons
hang from slowly turning
wheels the size of blackboards.
on the floor a car,
carrying a box of
green colored water,
rolls slowly, stealthily
down an inclined track.
the spoons once heard
the dripping green
during the time of strain
when the box might have
missed its turn on the track.
a few drops of green spilled
onto the pollished floor
when the car floated slowly
down, suspended by a balloon
and almost missed the track
brought by the rotating fingers
of an aluminum car body,
these packages of desires
are considered sacred enough
to be voted apon by the
government, and allowed
to be blown by the wind.
each aluminum finger
that carried the desires
will flatten itself and
become known by the
government as a secret
made of a hollowed canoe
made from the trunk
of an exotic tree.