For a long time it was believed that to resolve the enigma
of fire
Hermes was twisted by varying winds
racing from lobe to lobe, leaping synapses,
memory lapses; delivering symbols
was to
resolve the enigma of the Universe.

Missing a signpost, I return home
on an unfamiliar path,
walking past a young woman
singing to her dog.

What beauty in the mystery
of a world gone mad!