Friday, October 23, 2009

Degrees, too many Degrees

seven degrees of separation
seven degrees colder than I would be comfortable
seven degrees warmer than I would be dead
with seventh degree burns in my head

six degrees long, six degrees wide
five degrees off the coast of the island
four degrees, funny, I thought it was two
three degrees between me and you
and one degree left over

seven times the weight of this man
rests on his watch on top of his heart
one times two times six episodes
of something he's already seen
and already deleted

three hundred and sixty degrees
five fourty, one eighty
and ten feet beneath
everywhere the land around me
in sinking and taking my feet

nine degrees out in the snow
five degrees warmer, Lee Dungarees
tears up the buttocks and grass stained knees
I'm not sure I know the math

fifty five, five hundred plus
a million degrees, 10 million degrees
I love you and I am not sure why
I love you and I'll always love you
to zero degrees

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