1. beloved of the page

 

            balsam

juniper
           
            those that appear as

crucial,                           
                       
            rudimentary

 

            reasons for

tapping the surface of water

           
            utterance

a barren geometry

where each is a beginning

            in  design

 

the draft

drawn-blue remnants

                        of music

self-imposed a,            corner

            then rim of fontanelle

a frieze of brick,

                  flesh, traced

runnels suggesting worm-eaten wood

 

 

 

 

                        2. within certain dimensions of a murmur

           
            (“is”
                       
                        not

            “as”    —a shame—    is),

                        exist,             if we talk in particulars,

                        scribble

                        knaw—

                                    effort,            to secure against

the residuals           

            (a sound of shattering glass)

 

 

 

                                                                       

                                                                       3.   once thought of four walls
                                               
                                                                        equating each shape                                                                                                                       

                                                                        some notations contain purpose,
                                                           
                                                                        a “not trusting” of autonomy

 

 

 

 

4.            small expansions of color

               
             violet then,

 

                        crackle

 

                        fade

 

            fluorescent arc

                       
                        only
                       

                          the morning left

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