Tagged: language
there are decisions
there are decisions
that beget other decisions –
we break for lunch, not
knowing how one thing here could
possibly alter the other
.
20170516:2231
y
not having language
not having language
to translate the self-assembly
means that everything
becomes a hair-trigger from
folding or floating away
.
20170403:2211
y
it’s unsafe to say
it’s unsafe to say
whenever i undo the
curtain tiebacks in
the bedroom, i recall your
fingers in the morning light,
somewhere between
steadiness
and urgency,
are we really doing
this? and we are
doing this. in a language
that can only reside in the
past, it’s safe to explore
every reimagining
.
20170326:1247
y
we are always a
we are always a
sentence away from
perfection, conjugating
the verb to want
in the server closet
of our brains,
whirring – i want,
i wanted, i have
wanted, i have
been wanting, i
will want, i
will be wanting.
let’s remain
half-spoken for,
half-taken with
.
20161007:0728
y
some mornings arrive
some mornings arrive
with a language borrowed from
dreams – be careful to
decipher, translate, measure
both its potency and weight
.
20160515:2251
y
the tongue you do not
the tongue you do not
choose to use loses
elasticity, fumbles
its phonetic alphabet,
but remains resilient,
bobbing across
brainwaves,
suspending
memories as bait
.
20160427:0802
y
there is a version
there is a version
of me who stays, i know it
by the way you speak
to me, in our secret language,
as if i had never left
.
20160127:0800
y
