lines,may 9

language is a misunderstanding that grovels
to assent.we come to a pack consensus &
my pack butchers yours.i write its history &
feed it to the children like communion.

.....

reading a paper on density in ceramic plating i
anticipate words like a telegram stop
or words like a dark age copy run together
for the sake of space & stripped of punctuation stop
mathematical formulae illuminate the text stop
a new & better war machine will be built,wealth
will accrue stop

.....

her work is a pattern that communicates.a
grid of color.a color field of breath.her
breath is a work of color that:i tasted
the sun on my tongue as her breath
entered my mouth,my lungs.