I am
centered on a level slide
and inserted into whiteness
of magnetic resonance
as around me
coolant pulses … mimics idling
waiting simmer of a train
now breathe gently … do not move
then a ratchet thump and clank
similar to those in London
loud inside a towered clock
there are minutes into hour
of submission to the battery
charting somewhere imperfection
for I am far from Fibonacci
far from the golden sequence
in a prime da Vinci print
you may move now
and
I am ejected slowly
near proximity to far
enervated into softness
from brash hurley burley
and harsh noises in the air
Bonnie Marshall
Art by Greg Dunn
“Cortical Sunburst II”
