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
for pictures