Craig Kurtz

CONTENTS EVANESCENT

I started off life
hopeful;
I didn't notice
the infinitesimal
was so small.

Description
was a rhythm;
congruence,
a guess.

I started off life
exceptional;
I hadn't surmised
assurances
were negotiable.

Appearances were
italicized;
sentience,
defenseless.

I started off life
provisional;
then I suspected
consensus
wasn't rational.

Correlation was
dichotomous;
certitude,
mercurial.

I started off life
a genius,
reasoned with each season
& ended up
nocturnal.

Existence is
conjectural;
the conclusion measured
in decimals.

Craig Kurtz lives at Twin Oaks Intentional Community where he writes poetry while simultaneously handcrafting hammocks. Recent work appears in Out of Our, Randomly Accessed Poetics, Penny Ante Feud, The Bitchin' Kitsch and others. His first record, The Philosophic Collage, 1981, was reissued by BDR in 2012. He has been a staff writer for Perfect Sound Forever since 2003.
 
 
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