Bowl of Light - The Argotist Online
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otherwise<br />
I.<br />
Anything placed here has its own<br />
agenda, regardless <strong>of</strong> nightflower<br />
scents - here, lilac; there, jasmine -<br />
when you see the child<br />
what do you say to<br />
that dark spot, packaged<br />
revelations like pop music<br />
and always hungry<br />
I once knew something, that<br />
agenda placed here has its own<br />
anything, regardless <strong>of</strong> temperature<br />
or volume; I hear my brother<br />
scrabbling around in my desk<br />
"not real," you say: no, not real<br />
but cold nails and bread feed the word<br />
II.<br />
cascades surround, and other-wise<br />
calliope plays, that half-hearted amplifier<br />
almost with magic<br />
almost with fingers<br />
I cannot stare for long; hinged eagles<br />
jut for eyes and earth<br />
here, beneath the weight <strong>of</strong> this sky<br />
when you're at my back still<br />
cracked conjuration<br />
this day<br />
III.<br />
To know the circle is<br />
not a pathway to the ocean<br />
but a train <strong>of</strong> flowers<br />
cast upon waves that beat<br />
objections elsewhere<br />
what depth, failure<br />
IV.
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