Tangible Intangibilities 

Orange, Red, Green, and Purple 
Gray, Black, White, and Striped 
Darkness infused with a bright light 
Glows bright black in the moonlit sun 
An interesting boring pointless sight 
Blind men see and deaf men hear 
The mute man speaks a profound implausibility 
A great thought of nothing 
Conveys volumes of burning books 
A high temperature, low heat content 
A drafty stillness in a small vast room 
He stood, sitting there, 
Seeing invisible walls everywhere 
He was nowhere and all places at once 
Enormous insanity fighting sanity 
Birds fly by with tremendous noise 
Shedding silence everywhere 
A tumultuous peace in a civil war 
Punching, kicking, fighting for nothing 
Fighting for life, killing life 
Hypocritical zealots smile widely 
Gapped tooth filled grins, fags dripping dryness 
In groups isolated alone together 
A frown of happiness in seen 
As it yells loudly 
Being heard in the crown of loners 
A space filled with nothing 
A vacant lot full of weeds 
Hot air causes it to float 
Above, but then it pops 
With a loud silence that is felt 
Vividly, and all present 
Agree to disagree that it was 
A tangible intangibility.

      -- Bem Ajani Jones-Bey