day-glow / ember / its thousand selves / becoming cough and wheeze/
wedding hair of all heads watching /
smell existence threatened /
a thousand useless corns nobble under foot / step step step /
/ step on me I too will crack / my hollow joy exploding /
or sit beside / weep weep weep /and weep and weep and weep /
loss and longing pin the muscles of our hearts / skipped beats /
/ breath strums involuntary buzz of certain chords /
many words I have failed to learn but this noise I am making /
/ fewer words / but sound / pitch / volume / yes / meaning //

Poem by Jo Mariner /