SHIFTLOCK AWAKENS

IN THE CITY, THE SMALLTOWN,

BOOMTOWN, SHIFTLOCK LIES IN AMBUSH

AT AN ALPHABET STORE AND ATTACHES

TO THE MIDLIFE CRISIS HOMETOWN TOURIST,

BECOMES A COLLAR-PIN, A TALISMAN,

A BEDTIME FABLE IN THE SUNRISE OF

LITTLE LINUX FROM GREAT-UNCLE UNDERWOOD,

SCORED BY THE DOWNTOWN DIN OF PASSING RAILCARS, DEMOLITION AND THE GRINDING OF CEMENT-TRUCKS, SHIFTLOCK COMMUNITY BUILDING,

SHIFTLOCK TRIAGE, SHIFTLOCK SECURITY,

SHIFTLOCK IMPATIENT TEENAGER

DISPOSING OF MEMORIES THAT MIGHT

WEIGH DOWN ITS ITINERANT FANTASIES,

SHIFTLOCK DELIGHTS,

SHIFTLOCK ROADSIDE DISTRACTIONS,

SHIFTLOCK REMEMBERS ITS CENTURY,

Shiftlock screams in anonymity,

but underwood querty gives you time to think

before you speak.