Observing the universe from the couch

I sat down to focus my view
and get a better glimpse 
of a swirling world
The constant rotation,
and the gravitational pull,
did wonders for my circulation
The sofa enveloped me
and I drowned
in its faux-leather skin
and we became 
a 
single 
unit
A hybrid
Part animate
Part inanimate
But fully
cognizant

Next to me,
the Ikea lampshade
called for my attention
as she danced 
in her thin, crumpled-paper dress
Her bulbous heart
bounced along with her swaying moves,
changing color
from 	
                   red          to orange          to green          then blue
And while she danced,
whispered to me
of ages passed
I tried real hard to listen
But the whispers were drowned out 
by the talking passengers,
in the hollow airplane,
flying
miles above,
by the neighbors cat
playing hide and go seek 
with the sewer rat,
by the drumming 
of my intrigued heart,
reverberating incessantly
for colors,
for dreams,
for mystics,
for things unseen

The crumpled-paper lampshade
saw my willingness to explore
and understand
She asked about my fears
I told her I had none
She put on a display 
of things 
that have been 
forgotten
Caesar’s anguished cries 
drowned out
by the curses of the senators,
echoing throughout 
the theatre
of Pompey
The last glimpse of light 
he ever saw
was the ruby twinkle 
in the hungry eyes 
of Brutus
De Sade screaming from the Bastille
and the final victorious hours of 
the French revolution
I was so close I could smell
the gunpowder rising 
from the thumping muskets
Navahos and Apaches 
riding side by side 
Their faces and heads 
decorated
with war paint and feathers
Spearing wild beasts and scalping
strange looking immigrants
Keeping hides and skin
as itchy mattresses and wallpaper
The Kennedy brothers 
assassinated by aliens
in shiny shoes
The hits being triangulated
between 
the East, 
the West 
and
the moon
After which, a homogeneous black cloud
distorted earth
and erased all memories
I was presented with
my own birth and life,
and all that led me 
to the crumpled-paper lampshade
And how I’d been waiting for this moment 
my whole life
And never imagined it would be 
so scenic
that it would make me smile 
and shed a tear at the same
time 
Suddenly 
the air turned into
thick honey
under 
my 
tongue

And at the end of it all,
everything
that 
I 
saw
blended into 
one 
universal 
human
being
Faceless
Sexless
Fearless
Limitless
Just an organic being
Floating between the galaxies 
Beating all odds

Finally,
the light changed 
to white
and I had to look away
 ‘Lets grab a drink,’ a voice said
And we did 

- Poetry & Rum
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