neither day nor night
animate ##
fuck it ⎯ would even earth
keep the poem spherical [ ~
turning take wing / curtain eyes / / keep
~ ~ rythym in the keys
, hearts’ prospect ~ ~ [/] [/] move
,, to soothe days on call downing tenderness hips
/ ~ ~ ~ to
[§]
, years disperse ,, ~ ~ burning
tearing up to the beat's touch
/ ~ /
& push step ~ § parting
&& spin ~ § / ~ ~ ~ ~ / /
/ § / § /
, decoratives coiled discarded from ×× § § § where
either head / § / # / § § / / bathe
land back onto earth our dreams
§~~ or water
cerulean bare cuts across winter
lyric is clear, arboreal
about the lake
lain in slabs of ice ,
reaching, en pointe
is sky white scarring
is the horse hair drawn / ‘verberated across bodies
in assembly, sculpting
⎯ feeds landscape known by 80s folksong, knee
-skimmed to iron ore, waste sunk by the falls
is the scenes beauty honest to its desolation?
or does ex
-citement blessed as a benefit unfocus from what
is absent now, what possibility lost?
aquamarine washed across strings enriched
gathers our faces
in the surround of
horns, muted
oaks & spruce
, takes sense to resituate
in the run of arteries & streams
& to think of the mammalian bones sunk
& protruding from water
around islands small scattered
awestruck in the direction
of ceaseless travel & scrutiny
, but here we don’t boat
lay our plagued lungs at
edge, lapping
torn up,,
extending,
forest shelters its perimeter from scope
to hear the tawny end of your voice, if I can cry.
no engines, only mud, water
& if leaves were to hear orchestration’s swell
a t t h e l i m i t
o f c o n t i n e n t s i n m o t i o n
r i g o u r s p a r r e d t o a n e c k
, s c a l a r
v o l u m e
o f l i f e d y n a m i c h e l d a s a g o d h e a d
,,
l e t
ha i r m o t h e r r i v e r s b e c o m i n g
s o u r c e f o r m o s t l i f e
f r i c t - .
i o n s h o l d a s
l i m i n a l
t h e s e b o d i e s
,
g r a v i t a t i n g f r o m t h e b a s e
g a t h e r s p r e s s u r e l i k e a s p i n e
d r a g g e d w e i g h t , an a b s o l u t e b e a u t y
: : s o
l i t t l e l i g h t p e n e t r a t e s
, o u r s i l e n c e
c u t b y
p a w s ,
s s h a r e d a b l a t i o n
, u r g e n t h u n g e r
s
u
r
/ f a c e
c a r b o n f l u x t u r b u l e n t i n t h e d u a l i t y
/ i n t h e c o n d
i
t
i
,
d
o o e
s f n t
o p a r t i c l e s b e c o m i n g c
w e a t h e r , l a r r a d i a t i o n / s c a t t e r e d o u t of t h e b e a m
, b a c k s c a t t e r e d , r e f l
w h i p p i n g j o u l e s t h a t p e n e t r a t e ⎯
s
u e
p m
r i s s i o n s c a r r y to c o r n e r s h o l d i n g d o w n t h e p l a n e t a r y
a
g l a c i a l t o u c h e d b y y u r s m o k i n g p i s t o n , y u r d r
i m
f u n d s a d i s c o u r s e o f d e n v & a
- i a l & p l u n d e r , d i s i n e r
t e / g r a t i o n c o
h f
⎯ f i x a t e i t h
t e r r e s t r i a l , g r o w w i t h i t i
, b i o m a s s e r : : s
t
o
⎯ p a s s b l i z z a r d s as t h e g r o u n d r e s e t t l e s r
y
, , & i n t h e t r a i l
s a l i n e
h o l d i n g t h e d r e a m o f f l o o d
/ b r e a c h i n g m a m m a l i a n
p a t h s , s e t t l e m e n t s , c a t e r w a u l , l i f e
d e s c e n d i n g ⎯
a
c s e
c t x q
e r d e n u f o l d s
l e s e , i e
e s b s /
r s r i f
a o n i t o
n g r a v t e r
t i t m
t y , l s
e c
r
i r y
n e s
s t
p c a
f o t o ( i t s ) r l
a n e l
i s e i
l n e p n
u a e
r r d f
e r a t e s y r c
n o r i
a m e n
m v t
i a h
c s e
m s f
e e l
l s e
t s s
i -d h
t r i v e n, f l o w s f r
o
' s b e a u t i f u l : : s m t
h e b a s e
w l o w e d / a b l a t in g , g r a d
b u
/ l c o m i n g a p a a
/ i n r l a s y
w s o t l o
h t q y u
i e q t f
i n t r q h e
c i r u i e
h m r a n l
e t k g
i o i n g
c
a
l v e s ⎯
c r e a t u r e b e l i k e s p i r i t / r a i b
o
s i n g y o u r h e a d f r o m t h e a l i q u o t ⎯ n
d
s
c
r
v e s t i g e s , s p a r s e u
; n
t e n d e r d a y l i g h t ; c
h
t h i s i s w h e r e w e ’ r e a t