And So, How Does One Learn How To Drown?
Like the blossom of the cherry tree unfolding from its good
offices light falls out of spring green within the lung an unclasping
which runs under water: one hears singing in the silt.
Humble lectors in a labor of notice: the skin goes
brown and blush and earthly—
and wishes oh be and
let not: not—, yet: no hindering.
I cannot choose my treasure: Thou shalt—and thou
Shalt—
In the long grass and scrub I am shoring
My portion and loose papers. Settling raw. Shambling into sunken
traceries. And splint.