red volley, yellow volley

buttons and levers
switch on receivers
function and voice wait and speak in stereo
switching on and off lives and feelings left in mono
fingertip interaction forming waves that emit
beaming coded secrets of what we emote
“no ideas but in things”
ringing true, then repeating

red button
not emergency stop
"in times of crisis, we must all decide again
and again
whom we love."
they said
before flipping the
are you sure you really want to push this?
plastic safety cover
and extending a shaking digit
to ignite ominous glow,
a christmas wink
on the dash board of
god’s cold-war control panel.