May 23, 2005 15:03
Take a desk, a lifetime of crap,
plus a few months' worth of utility items
strewn across the table
my computer's inards hanging out
like discarded goat entrails
I reach out my hand to the hard drive
lying atop a tower of CD cases and books
lay it flat on the warm metal
absorb the heat while it attunes me
to its quiet hum
I am cold.