muffled

we are surprised by our first
snow, and hug to the window.
our fight is postponed. we posit
one another at surface glass. the prow
of the house continuing parts
open the falling ice, water,
snow layers already aground

aster.naught.not.knot

to carry an earth for a head, the ocean for a face

once the suit goes on, there's no power to take it off

this plug is for my heart. and this for my numbers

digital displays of the undoing, which is ungoing

a smear or a streak. a star. a snow. a field. a float.

there is a fumbling with the lock while holding the lilies.

straightforward conception of self

i persist as the oil absorbent

of little spare snow clings to the upper, and northerly, outward
peeled-bark tenemented sides of birches, en masse or parcel

meaning that which is conveyed

as escalator defined moves up, and forward, and toward in some
cases loomingly the Victoria's Secret

word tricks connect subhuman moments into that
which is discretely retrieved as

memory or habitation of word
tricks that which is what i held another time this

furthermore

in so much as so let
me see if i understand
you & what comes next is to
be preceded by but not
necessarily the same as the
third option entirely my
opinion naturally & not
dependent on but having
to do with the falling of
snow its sticking
to the streets

topological

a word & he was birded

behind the
needle legs, the fight for gristle

trickle of black
undertaker, the cat, it

it makes the eyes
attention of the seating, single spaced

snow & drop, fire &
hierarchy of wood

provisional: ends tied together, meet

   hive
his each moment out of water

wash up on thought
shore, surety

sky

sure always is a safe word if yr
planet held

bindi

snow & drop, fire &
ash, rain & either
ether come & become
belonging & longing
once one tip
press

3 color separation

in the waiting room, snow falls on the furniture, while
the copier has been shaved of toner, placed in a pale gown
& humming birds take their turns, feeding from the i.v. drip

unsteadily

the keyboard gets its callouses
from me. again the blood flow
particularly unseasonably high & the
receding wet snow pact. this $100
then $108, inflatable winter, the
monitor comes with its own place
settings. next the watching of
food while it eats.

dry cold

the light is condensed
gray strata, pulse
is identified in wrist &
ankle, begins
an angry snow