HOME* Main Poem Index* January Poem List* Next Poem Dandelions Dandelions dance across formal seas Men of war mass indifferent to views Held by objections hanging in the breeze Uttered by observers bordering hues Soldiers of probability survive Those who depend upon gods die like winds Imbalanced technology keeps alive What fails for stupidity if not sins Fluff seems to idle though method can't fail Suddenly to gallop across strange lands Hopelessness encounters chains of mail Moving faster than messages through hands Finely weaving human will with machines Programming wisdom to override those Who for reasons unknown redirect means When doors slam shut and all havens would close Fragile refrains echo deep in the dark Betrayed by approaching high pitched clatter Yet vict'ry will be definitely stark For those who believe tech does not matter (c)ERA 11:42 PM 1/22/03