Running the ample gamut between love,

hate, religion, war, always shifting states.

Double exchange mechanisms prefer

the ferromagnetic metallic phase of guns,

kitchen knives, keys flung to the ground.

Manganites a family of volatile temperament,

tantrums and a tendency to phase separate

whenever the heat is on, the going gets

tough. In the Gaza Strip, or a suburb of London,

communities console themselves.

Someone somewhere wraps arms and

explosives around a creed-crazed youth,

enhancing the conductivity peak with promises

of glory, money, a state of grace.

From subTerrain #64 (Spring 13)