Age/space is a figment
of your limited perception’s
discombobulated reality
square the vertical
spiral/sphere
at nine tolls
from the belfry
and gasp
supine
on a cloud
Hieroglyphs
woven with silken threads
of encoded intention
the spider’s web
captured
in a glimmering ray
of morning light
reveals a language
of natural instinct
We communicate
with pretty signs
and terrible bites/stings
Rusted bark
hanging stiff
across the limb
(a Rorschach beaver skin)
but this world is prone to cause
fits and fevers from time to time
mind to mind
to heart
to soul
to source
merging to melt
into miraculously
orchestrated magic
at the note’s
peak crescendo
This life is a symphony
musically inspired
by the holy spirit vibration
Bottle the energy
without
fizz or pomp
circumstances
purified
at the
focal point
expansion of
crystallized visions
If you can’t recall
your dreams
you can still
choose to live
each moment
as a lucid act
in motion
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Triangulate the Frontal Lobe
by Scott Thomas Outlar
Bio: Scott Thomas Outlar is originally from Atlanta, Georgia. He now lives and writes in Frederick, Maryland. His work has been nominated multiple times for both the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. He guest-edited the Hope Anthology of Poetry from CultureCult Press as well as the 2019-2023 Western Voices editions of Setu Mag. He is the author of seven books, including Songs of a Dissident (2015), Abstract Visions of Light (2018), Of Sand and Sugar (2019), and Evermore (2021 - written with co-author Mihaela Melnic). Selections of his poetry have been translated and published in 14 languages. He has been a weekly contributor at Dissident Voice for the past eight and a half years.
More about Outlar's work can be found at 17Numa.com.
