Life Is Theater

sitting in the cubicle or

something like it

sounds of crunching one moment

and the hum of new country music the next

wondering if being sedentary and mentally fried

is really any different from being active and

physically fried

naysayers have been saying that dead tree media

has been dying for years but the actions undertaken

during the witching hours would beg to differ

the older folks are still quite active, still reading their

opinion pages and horoscopes and doing their

daily crosswords in pen and pencil alike

and that's how they probably do their paperwork,

from taxes to health insurance forms

and there are stories floating about how the feds

still use square floppy disks when thumb drives

are now on the verge of obsolescence

the more things, as the old saw goes

the avenues in how we get our information

on the wider world have changed

the open-air cubes in which the white-collars

have not changed

the teletype sounds have disappeared from the

newsroom but the loud voices of enduring

personalities have not

the snake swallows its tail,

but the circle goes on eternally

the contradiction is the axiom

and that's why the first month of the year

is named for the god of transitions, passages

and doorways

and Janus looks at us smiling and frowning

stoically at the time

life is theater

Reviews

[roarke]

Kabuki theater. Ken, sorry I haven't come by your way in a while. My loss. Enjoyed immensely. Heh, and yeah mentally fried is the same in any postural position, or activity. But then I've existed that way for years. I'm stickin' with the "organics" of my mind and gonna let all the virtual and microwave stuff eat their young. ... hopefully. Great stuff Ken.

[Kenneth The Poet]

Thank you. When I penned this, our esteemed president said the last president was spying on him through the microwave.

[roarke]

heh, somehow seems appropriately real... 'cause fiction isn't...right?

[joshua deathdealer]

I've always valued your particular way of expressing your poetry. Life is a theater and we are the thespians!! I hope everything is well for you. Much love Ken.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

So many things chang but so many stay the same. Yes we get caught in everyday life like getting caught in a loop. We must take it upon ourselves To find things That will spice up This bland life.

[Rene Velez]

Hey, Ken. Long time. You haven't missed a step. Great visuals. Always good reading you.

[Kenneth The Poet]

Thank you.

[luviva]

life is a theater!!
definitely agree. Great message.

[Kenneth The Poet]

Thank you. I appreciate it.

[wordman]

yes and Wikileaks has a field day with it,smart people do dumb things

[Kenneth The Poet]

So very true. Thank you for the review.

[LKBillips]

I think about the past a lot. If we really have progressed or if we are moving away from what was good already. Are we mistaking technology for the progression we need when what we need is the connections of soul to soul instead of text to text. Really liked this work and enjoyed the thoughts it provoked.

[Kenneth The Poet]

Thanks a bunch, LK. I'm glad you like it.

[An owl on the moon]

These passages of time, yes how these doorways define us, and move us, and awaken us. And Janus is there, looking back across the past and glancing forward into the future. You've created a world in this flow of thoughts, helping us consider our space on the stage.

[Kenneth The Poet]

Thanks, C. I think this might be on my best pieces in a long time.