ESSENCE VS ELEVATOR PITCH

i think i’ve been setting traps,
have you?
there’s here in the mute tunnel 
and there’s over there, garden domino 
world of lagoons and time-smoothed slides 
dark, deep, and true
moon mind 
eyeing the plate, hoarding the jam
timeless notation: where real nail meets acrylic talon 
where real body meets planned improvement 
dropping sticks into baskets
red shellac tap typing the shortcuts
where life starts at the quack
hush repetition, no
just wind
in the dark