One
Night Stands
(Achizm #2)
Transformations
can occur (to
the transformed;
to the spectator
of the
transformation)
as immediate, an
immersion
into inversion, yin
becoming
yang; yang,
yin. The cockroach
lies flat, content,
as it (mostly)
covers the nuclear
reactor. The
nuclear reactor
sits silently in the
distance, chugging,
as if making a
joke of its very
own silence, of the
cockroach atop it, here, in the middle
of a state that lies somewhere in the
cockroach atop it, here, in the middle
of a state that lies somewhere in the
middle of a
country. All passersby
pull their
automobiles over just
to spectate; to
participate. It is,
as always, a
beautiful day. Each
of us are part of
the beauty, and
so we whisper: “Gorgeous!”
“Ama-