August 11th 2005 AD


The rain that hits the back of the air conditioner hanging out the window
The one who keeps calling
The basketball Wilt Chamberlin scored one hundred points with
The hidden icicles on the roof of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul
The smile of one who has just killed a Lynx Spider
The clock in Rabbi Schmuley Boteach's bedroom
The planets no one knows about yet
The thin layered green carpeting in Room 507 at the Holiday Inn in East Baltimore
The air molecules of Muhammed Atta's last breath
The final moan before midnight in a Nigerian Brothel
The bass amp that goes out during Kansas' performance of "Fight Fire With Fire" at a concert at the Grand Casino in Hinckley, Minnesota

The pen I used to write my biography of Beethoven for a 6th grade English class
The man who is walking by Chairman Mao's grave right now
The piece of peach caught in a farmer's beard
The waste basket in Cher's bathroom
The oldest salmon swimming in Siberia's Anadyr River

You laugh and roll your eyes
And yet, all of these things are you.