Electric Zen

Felt the body electric

and wasn't even charged up-

Of course I am not a Whit

of a Man

but I get static

and get static-back-

it still shocks me.

The hair stands at attention

tiny pump drum jumps up

you know the nose picks up

forged steel

and I taste my blood.

Bio-electro-dynamics-

is that instability or raw

electricity, spliced all nice

and tautly twisted

for grounding extensions

such as these appendages.

and THIS serves us,

and reminded us,

we cannot unplug.

Image of painting by Benjamin West [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.