“I’m glad they’ve begun asking riddles—I believe I can guess that”                                                                                           -Alice, Chapter VII, The Mad Tea Party  

I used to know beauty:
Buzz swarm seething into a new hive
Spin and bow playful beagle
Sculpture room in silence
Sniffing bookcases
Weight of a good pen  

Now all I know are riddles:
Media buzz
Knees & blood
Truncheon swing
Jittery video
Fence, Pillar, and Post  

The lash of history
Unsolved