Hypnosis

Gold spheres knock bricks
Chilling and transmuting digits.
Timing down and creeping sleepward
Into a nervous universe closing in.
Imperfect knots breed curiosity in strong arms
Shivering cogs twitching for oil.
Broken bonds cling to simplicity
But voices demand otherwise.
Spinning dials tap waves
Sending rocks to well walls,
Clicking pennies thrown backward,
Vibrating surface ripples echoing car stereos.
Dreaming jokers conjure sunspots
Raging fires burning out unison.
Ducks fire thoughts at labels
Breaking membranes hiding cynics.
Pink castanets shout buckets
Climbing stairs pointing outward.
Unbending bars and building walls
stacking sun on raisins
Keeping warm in hollow bellies
Trying hard not to collapse.