Saroyan’s families have extra-sensory connection

July 6, 2007  (I was 62)

         Saroyan’s families have extra-sensory connection

or super-sensitivity, an amalgamation of the five senses to

create a gestaltic whole more powerful than the sum of them,

and including ancestral sensibilities as well.  All in the family

can hear soulful trumpet sounds blown by a distant brother. 

Ghosts of departed recognitions stand smiling among them. 

Aromas in the wind bring the shiver that indicates the passing

of an angel.  The most tart fruits swallow sweet.  Perspective

of a great wrong done long ago creates irrepressible unity.

         My family is an assortment of disconnections, frayed

wires and sparks flying, cold lines and the smell of blue ozone

in the air.  It often seems to work best left quiet, but that

never happens.  Volatile ideas and our chemistry, catalyst

of the moment, energy is exchanged, heat given off.  Time

and distance widen like a migratory impulse, or like expensive

technology buzzing in webs, and my dumb hand on the switch.