As/Is







1.12.2004


Countdown on Nine

9. *

Nine the triangular a harmony a symmetry a satisfaction
completing a sweetness of repeat, Mama

O we are taught to think in strict bundles
of this kind
as objects:
nine

A little of Pi has exploded
outward
today flesh
and bone

turned rings around
to be inside-
out again

and there is zero
of us

left
to life
in Fallujah



* I'll be posting one per day from this sequence here for the next nine days.
The idea for the poem began from reading this information:

“FALLUJAH, Iraq – Nine soldiers were killed when the UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter they were in crashed at approximately 2:20 p.m. Jan. 8 south of Fallujah.”--from the Sat. 10 Jan, 9:33a.m., posting at
* Transdada, * kari edwards’s weblog.