[continued from the seventh fragment]
The Geek poet read Inbox's text message marked Urgent
And struggled as best he could to decode what it all meant.
"I've been to the mountaintop. And I've looked over," I read.
At first there was hope, but what I read next filled me with dread:
"And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you."
What did it mean, this text of gloom? MLK left no clue.
( ... A "Reply" was no option for this one-way connection,
But even before I had time for further reflection ...)
A second message "Urgent"ly appeared: "Thy soul shall find
Itself alone / 'Mid dark thoughts of the gray tombstone--" What mind
(Just signed Poe) would send me such a supernatural rhyme
Could it actually be voices from another time?
I flipped close the cell phone and returned to my thought,
And looked around the bus. But then, my attention was caught ...
[this ends the eighth fragment*]
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* More to be published, as they are recovered from Blogosphere's backed-up blogs. -pt
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