INTERVIEW WITH THE SCIENTIST WHO MUST HARVEST AN UNUSUAL SOURCE OF ENERGY.

Static endures like the stranded Cosmonaut . . .

if only one could capture the electricity

from laundry & people—

sleeves hugging sleeves for weeks

trousers enjoined at belt & thigh

or the snap spark from a fingertip—

I have read accounts of men “speaking static”

w/ one another usually in advance of fisticuffs—

(to capture that!) & I begin to dwell on

walls! paint! has anyone

applied a stethoscope to a boulder?

what if we manufactured an oil sands sandpaper

& clattered it together one page per hand
like a toy monkey or cymbal crasher; what if?

for 2015 NaPoWriMo sonnet #8: Interview with the Team Captain after the Big Game
for 2015 NaPoWriMo sonnet #10: Interview with a Yes Man