a jungle of wires

in the technological room

                         electric

even the atmosphere

charged

lightning

a tense body preparation

                           GSR

a stimulation

of nerve

center

a spoke hub universe of endings

a network within

                 a feel

                 a throbbing and

                 fields of

                 iron filing dances

                 rise on end like

                             cat hair

frog legs twitching and

     an infinity of frog legs

                           mirrors

                                EEG

a charge building

of smaller charges

a million nerve ends

quiver with arousal and

                   awareness

and a monstrous intensity

             heat

             red

             wires

             a sizzle

             flesh

        crackling

             of every

             cell

             a

             hard

             sharp

             POP!!!…

A shudder.

He crumbles,

burnt,

falls into

the wire

undergrowth,

the circuitry

breaking him down,

wrapping his body in leaves.

    In silver

    foil

    leaves.

[1971]