AMOK TIME by ee cummings



captain :lock: me away (in your heart)
     :LOCK: me away
i do not wish i wish i may i wish might to be seen at this time
i cannot
     (through the flames)
                           explain further
no vulcan could (resist you ) (explain further)
captain, lock me away.


HE KNOWS
he knows
as tight lipped as a
  den
  ebi
  ans
  hel
  lmo
  uth
he won't talk no use to ask him jim
he KNOWS
it is a deeply personal thing

       some things t r a n s c e n d even the discipline of the service


b-i-o-l-o-g-y
what
    kind
       of
         b-i-o-l-o-g-y
VULCANBIOLOGY
thebirdsandtheb's
the birds and the bees are not

i had hoped I would be spared this
i had hoped you would be spared this
i had hoped we would be spared this

but the ancient drives are tOO strOng

                            deep
                      in
               the
       plak
tow


hewillnot(ever?)speakwiththeeagain

my !ARE FLAME! eyes
!IS FLAME!my HEART

i plead with thee
t'pau
i beg thee

FOR     bid

theFireBURNShighandhisblodflowslowandtheFLAMESscorchhisneckandfinallyhisbody
surrenders
tomine

but not in the way i wanted

It was never supposed to be like this.
Please, God, don't let it end like this.

--i grieve with thee--
  the
   words
       mean
           nOthing
           
but the fire within me has died.
it
died
    with him
on the edge of the fire

       there is nothing more
       there will be nothing more
       only one last duty remains

mCcOY B--L--O--C--K--S
my pa
          th
            w
          ay
       to
   my
      fi
        na
           le
              sc
                ap
                   e
                               
i cannot think why

a sound
i turn

JIM!    





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