The Gauge of Cool

I am the gauge
of cool. If you don't like me
you can walk, if you do,
sit down,
have a drink, let's discover the gems
by the coast.
Let's disseminate rich
from rich, poor
from poor, hungry from hungry.

Let's impress upon the stars
eyes of wonder.
Let's not play the game of couples,
or the game of knowing.

I once knew and now I orbit
in humility, for the smallness
of a bus
that worms through the cliffs,
for the magnificence of vast oceans
stretching from            town to            town,
for the whining
that is the drivel of the soul.

I once knew and now I pretend not to.