Radar

I send my radar bouncing
off the moon-- the echo
comes with signals ricocheting off
planets and cosmic debris

Beethoven Albinoni
electric rock and jazz hi fi lo fi stereo
in n-dimension hyperspace AM FM
GSM UHF VHF side-band wide-band

afternoon soap operas talk shows
television reporters dodging bullets
narrating a war chatter chatter of

a million cellphones, --
......"Hello honey---- Goodbye, my Love"
......"Send some money---- I'll break your leg"
......"Buenos dias---- Au revoir"

The monotonic music of pulsars from retreating galaxies.
Is anyone out there?
......Do you know the square root of pi?
......Do you eat your food with chopsticks?
......Can you hear our babies crying?

And under the static and crosstalk
comes sung the moon girl's songs
echoes of our yearning

.....................Israel Lewis