lean into an adjacent trajectory
dignify the sentimentality, amok
and unframeable, filter out the
absensitivity, another turn of the
eddy, the turnip, the ketchup, the
right side of my face, a twitch rambles from the top
eyelid, alongside, caressing the right
nostril and pulling up, diligently, un-
ceasing, are we? it always happens.
this rhythm feels imported, and it's
always been right here ×
work that mandible, chum, chew away
there's a slip in your eyesight now, it's
all blurry because nothing ever stops
moving, so you're seeing it as it really
is ×
FOUR LONG PLATES SPREAD OVER WITH PEAS
MISTER WALKS ACROSS THE ROOM AND FLOOR
TREMBLES, BALLOON BOBS BELOW BABY'S OPEN
FINGERS, WAVEY, INNOCENT, NOT YET CASTIGATED,
YON ACCUMULATION, CLUMPS OF NERVES, AN
ANXIOUS WIND, ROWS OF FLOWERS OR A ROSE THAT FLOWS?
so finally, an open wound, give in to that
destiny, a litany of inevitable twitching
the levy busted open before you could
even feel the air rush forward, too much to
breathe, is it ever possible? will I ever know about
it all, I mean, other than what I've wanted
to believe?
A flesh slab fixed into the sand yearning yes
for permanence like «kitac» authentic beauty
that is captured and flung into, blanketed over
a patched eyelid, a careless caress, symp-
toms all of them such as psychosomatic
instances, gravel crumbling under cold-
blooded claws, I appreciate this moment
of pleasantry very much thanks!
BESIDES THIS RECENT HABIT OF WEARING PANTS AS IF
THEY ARE FALLING OFF AT ANY MOMENT I KEPT EX-
PRESSING MYSELF, I SAY, IN THIS DREAMED LANGUAGE
THAT FLUID LIKE A BRICK IS ETHEREAL MOVES AND
DOESN'T LIKE AS A RIVER SHOVED THROUGH A SPRINK-
LER OR IS THAT A VAPORIZER MAYBE THE STEAM EX-
PELLED FROM A PRESSURE COOKER RUSHING OUT NOT
EXACTLY WANTING SO MUCH SPACE ALL AT ONCE YET
FLUNG OUT AND GRINNING WIDE AYE THAT IS THE TASTE
to peel off age is inconceivable and so stumble
we will agree, get righteous, remain polite beehive
an irregular beat regulates my bedtime, staples
scattered across the floor, a ritual of stretched necks
satisfying pops and soreness smothered in
between bones ×
finished 2005-04-27
[Originally posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2005.]