In socket and ball Vesalius
saw a grand design — from
intricate flexed knees
inferred a Jeweler
filigreeing worlds.
Pound viewed askance such
memes: beneath seen forms
perceived blind anguish
multiplying — clocks
boned by Dali.
Marvell prescribed orgasmic cures:
in tangled limbs foresaw
an antidote — erotic speed
accelerating
infinitely.
Post-moderns have been heard
to state that aimlessness
has displaced fate
and purgatory’s now
a treatment course
yet there’s a vestige
from anatomy class
beyond the reach
of orthopedics to correct:
conjoining is all,
is all. Only connect.
Michael H. Levin is a lawyer, solar energy developer and writer based in Washington DC. His work has appeared on stage and in chapbooks, anthologies and numerous periodicals, and has received poetry and feature journalism awards. www.michaellevinpoetry.com; www.twopianosplayingforlife.org
