ARK 99, Arches XXXIII
Aship, reel in fountainhead
enclosure of roses
skies indigo, gold moon
Omphalos triumphant
“only connect”
end, point of beginning
of old, apotheosis
chandelier fond du lac
cross (mortal) hid boundary
compass beyond confines
music of the spheres solved,
mosaic of Cosmos
snowflakes lit darkest sea,
bowsprit the deeps
bound white antipodes
such conflagration of souls
Dawn in Erewhon,
corporeal cornucopia
one being, surround in bloom
flow essential seed
portal system Milky Way
as Unmoved Mover under orders
axis mundi, ascend scale
organism omnipotent
poised in flesh,
awake horns psaltery
Fanfare for the Common Man
mind set razor an edge,
blood fulfill final ablution
fire purify baton
Oompapah! to lead the band
anystray orchestra
knows who destination
core of the universe
(so rings redwood of eons)
gospel sentience
Lo! allegro non troppo
remake mankind,
a joyous noise into the void
“from going to and fro
in the earth, and from walking
up and down in it”
as speech arc Simulacrum, O
chorus us Homo Sapiens
in a major key!
tools, consonant & vowel
to fashion a voice
commensurate wheel of time
Origins great aorta
leaved from the wrist up, but
yet to attain the skies
all arrowed a rainbow midair,
ad astra per aspera
countdown for Lift Off
Copyright Credit: Ronald Johnson, “ARK 99, Arches XXXIII,” from ARK, published in 1996 by Living Batch Press. Reprinted by permission of the Literary Estate of Ronald Johnson.
Source: ARK (1996)