Carlsbad Boy

(after T.S.Eliot)

Between the release

And the reception 

Between the dragon fruit

And the mournful flute

Falls the app.

For thine is the Madonna and Child with iPad.

Between the workbench

And the altar

Between the barrio

And the salon 

Falls the motor pool.

For thine is the golf course turned bloody Antietam.

Between the Witness

Skate wax slickum on his hair

And the Scientist

Trained in fractals and dark matter 

Falls the eggplant parm.

For thine is the unintended consequence.

Between the post office

And the bank

Between the real-time data spreads

And the unisex tee market

Falls Carlsbad Boy, and boy

This guy’s a beast.

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