tonarinokristo
you can only do so much with carbon dating
if it's anything that matters and it's too old
you have to move to potassium argon dating
and that only works at sites with a history of volcanic activity
so we can never know much of anything
so why try
everyone gathered, the facts stated,
to make a decision
everyone
judge and jury
inside me
guilty
i'm the oldest there
i'm the youngest /there/
i'm stuck in the middle
between them and me
in the middle again
and in the middle of my head
in that space between
the fleshy lobes of my thinking machine
there is nothing
and i'm the middle
just loose connections
over the grease
bubbling up - hot sticky wet
(this oil needs changed)
thinking of stepping right in
to meet the bubbling oil
with flesh of his own that will surely bubble just the same
maybe just a splash on the face
to wipe the trace of something i don't believe in anyway
or a quick gulp