Chaos

It’s organized chaos, I tell you, the ebb

and flow of traffic on the Interstate,

shopping malls in the sprawling suburbs,

aircraft taking off and landing, contrails

and jet streams overhead, cargo ships load-

ing, unloading, sailing the seven seas, Amazon,

Fed X, UPS and USPS pick-ups and deliveries.

Google, Twitter, Instagram and Snap Chat,

all organized chaos we live with, go through,

and contribute to. It’s everyday, non-stop

pandemonium in motion. Deployment of

troops and weaponry to the Middle-East,

Dunkin’ Donut bakers and shakers at 4AM,

federal workers, GM plant robots and assem-

blers, Amtrak and subway commuters, movie

goers, gondola rowers, lawn mowers, leaf

blowers, all organized chaos, subscribers,

violators of our sanity. Mankind, I tell you

is wittingly and willingly under siege. In

this day and age, we are befuddled, be-

mused and confused by the kaleidoscope

cacophony of chaos. Personally, I would

prefer the warnings shouted out in those

good old days of yore: Tebuchets yonder

on the horizon...Women and children inside

the castle walls! Swordsmen and archers

man the ramparts! Bloody bastards, we’re

under attack!

                     -30-

Chris Hanch 2-14-2020