SWIRLING
IN
THE CHAOS
THAT
SWALLOWS THE UNIVERSE
&
ENCIRCLES
AN OLD VISIONARY MAN
by Dr. Mel Waldman
Swirling
in the chaos that swallows the universe &
encircles an old visionary man
the mystic
prays silently to the Source
&
sitting in the bestial Shadows of Existence
he
sees/hears a terrible
Presence
&
cannot fathom this engulfing power
a
phantasmagoria that captures
enslaves &
possesses him
in
waves of whirling un-reality
carrying
him away
to an unspeakable place beyond
human evil
where
the Cosmic Banker/Accountant
reviews
the oceanic black book
a never-ending flow chart of all Cosmic Debts/Credits
waiting
for new admissions to arrive
after
an untimely death
or an unfathomable sleep
that
swallows the soul
& reveals
the Mysterium
tremendum
Dr. Mel Waldman is a psychologist, poet,
and writer whose stories have appeared in numerous magazines including
HARDBOILED DETECTIVE, ESPIONAGE, THE SAINT, PULP METAL MAGAZINE, and AUDIENCE.
His poems have been widely published in magazines and books including A NEW
ULSTER, CLOCKWISE CAT, CRAB FAT LITERARY MAGAZINE, ESKIMO PIE, INDIANA VOICE
JOURNAL, LIQUID IMAGINATION, THE BROOKLYN LITERARY REVIEW, BRICKPLIGHT, SKIVE
MAGAZINE, ODDBALL MAGAZINE, PABLO LENNIS, POETRY PACIFIC, POETICA, RED FEZ,
SQUAWK BACK, SWEET ANNIE & SWEET PEA REVIEW, THE JEWISH LITERARY JOURNAL,
THE JEWISH PRESS, THE JERUSALEM POST, HOTMETAL PRESS, MAD SWIRL, HAGGARD &
HALLOO, ASCENT ASPIRATIONS, YELLOW MAMA, THE BITCHIN’ KITSCH, SOUL-LIT,
TWO DROPS OF INK, and NAMASTE FIJI: THE INTERNATIONAL ANTHOLOGY OF
POETRY. A past winner of the literary GRADIVA AWARD in Psychoanalysis, he
was nominated for a PUSHCART PRIZE in literature and is the author of 11 books.
