Unhinged and Inconsequential

leaving aside the antiquated

and little known substituting

the lithe and liquid

the intrepid and barely correct

this could have gone

only several several ways

and went in another direction

entirely because no decision

allows a shadow

past a certain instant:

the clothes came

from their drawers today

and the room became theirs

they waltzed and fox-trotted

wondered at the corners

of the walls and ceiling

determined the floor

was as insubstantial as doors

unhinged and inconsequential

when the lipid and insufferable

cries its way home

to give all a new site

for the background and fluidity

before it:

the tools paraded down

the block today

hammers and pliers

screwdrivers and socket wrenches

bouncing their way toward

an arbitrarily designated

end point where all leapt

from their joy back

into a box almost as unhinged

and disorganized as a useless door

issuing its poor cry across canyons

of indecisiveness

but then again

anything can happen

like the day enveloping

itself into a neon spray

let go at the nadir of night

                                           — Jefferson Hansen