Poem: Arc my Tongue to Spark – Dave Olson's Creative Life Archive

Poem: Arc my Tongue to Spark

Tinder & Sparks ~ Kindling & Matches
Arc my tongue
Across the 9 volt transistor
To check the spark
Of the over-clocked resistor

Coat hanger antenna wire
To steal shortwave secrets
Bounding off cloudy atmosphere

Compressing continents and time
Learn both codes of phonetic alphabets
Able Baker / Alpha Bravo
Double tap of triggers and tripwires

No confirmations forthcoming
According to the single use
crossword sheet

Connections misplaced, handlers abandoned
No one being run from a park bench
With yesterday’s newspaper folded twice
Dead dropped next to the silver rock

Add the excuses of uncaught trains
Unloose tails, uncoded contraband, dispatches never to be delivered
Despite deliberate intentions

Left for an unsuspecting future operator
finding the signal

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