currents currently current

by Fred Aiken

the currents of space
the current of time
the currents of mind,
flowing and swirling and whirling
through free throw verses
on and on
till the circular rounds the corner
to find a sharp edge metastasizing
into a cancerous mole
that grows into a geometric pandemic
until the currents
are stopped by the fascism of numbers
wanting to know what it all
adds up to, and still not finding a summation