NOT ENOUGH
Slurping , sucking
licking, rubbing
of hands together-
flies void of prayer.
Ticking, tocking,
clocking, tooling.
Not enough.
Insatiable appetite
for internet buzz.
Wasps, yellow jackets,
bees- all stand down.
The arachnid has
come to town & taken
over the buzz business.
Not enough.
Faster, faster,
text, text, text.
Spin, spin, spin
tweet, tweet, retweet.
Infamy: wheel of fortune
dragging a hanged man.
Not enough.
Enter into the lion's den
with your meager offerings-
to be tangled, mangled
& dangled; but decidedly
Not enough.
Alice Parris
