[the poetry billboard] - 'Key Shook House' by Daniel Tan
 
 
Key Shook House

Daniel Tan

You heard the roar of 
the father, then be-stilled
keys found in his pants could
tear away seams. seemingly 
with hidden intentions (the day the house shook)
the keys that were lost, in the house?
mothballs and skeletons in the cupboards
while china sleeps everlasting dusty
with enough spoons to measure your life by
male and female searched yin and yang
in all Pants
            Parts
                Particles
                    Partitions
                        then some molecules
 
if Transcendence fails
the Microscopic eye does
reveal
        Y2K chip-brain-cells does sell
waiting for Dooms day
i held my pink flag
accused but not accused
if porn could kill
         Motherboard
 
it can be re-stored 
with a little faith in the future
lost keys found in the pants
not mine but the father's.

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