31

the politic mind mounts
and loosely reins its stallion:
the body politic neighs

32

the new year arrives:
bored, the mind explains
another earthly revolution



33

the mind ticks to time
in one of its many dark rooms



34

the mind expands -
annexes Texas
and tames a Pecos cyclone



35

minds evolved as long as
numbers remained whole;
fractions started a tailspin



36

obese minds drive
a thin wedge into civility’s repast



37

after a god created atoms
a mind rationalized fission



38

as the mountain uplifted
a mind awaited erosion,
a new explosion, or both



39

feeling ecstasy
the mind forgets mere harmony



40

after a cold day of anarchy,
the mind luxuriates
in a warm bath of reason



41

the mind calculates its own capacity,
estimates interior dimensions of the heart



42

ancient Rome sacked, relics gone -
the modern mind persists,
an empty reliquary

43

during the tempest, the mind reacts;
after a holocaust, damaged minds
reprieve memory of empty rooms



44

by exercising price controls,
the mind delays its own inflation

45

crafting ideas to last,
the mind joints with mortise and tenon



106

nearing the last traffic light in town

the mind anticipates the open road


107

a democratic mind may despise

its tolerance for equality



108

without landmarks

the mind lost in inner space

cannot correct its trajectory



109

every time a bell rings

the mind awaits dinner

or the winging of angels



110

off to another orgy

libidinous minds leave

something to be desired



111

one supposes a moody mind

hypothesizes in the subjunctive,

commands in the imperative,

avers in the indicative



112

the mind recognizes

necessity as mother to invention

and physics threatening every being



113

as the mind unveils its statue,

other minds forget the meaning of the deeds



114

the will is read, the heirs disperse,

the mind’s soundness remains in dispute



115

the leaden mind resorts to alchemy



116

if the mind accepts the sea,

lashing at its edges yet contained,

has the alluvial land been diminished?



117

the beautiful mind acknowledges disproportion,

as one eye closed, the mouth and ears open



118

breaking the ice, the mind

pushes north, questions the sea

as though the pole is the answer



119

in fairness, the mind seeks

a level playing field

for the thrill of winning



120

the mind finds in itself

metaphorical equivalents
to the widening gyre