data

your mind program implanted
in consciousness
unrolls with the creaky precision
of a player piano
an antique tinkling music box

pale green corduroy shirt missing
one button, two buttons
the wale unravels
warp and weft shine through
revealing original patterns

is it your memory or that
of countless stars
your genome or your mother's
back on the farm
wagonwheels frozen in muddy ruts
out to the back pasture