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the depersonalization & decoupage of a sentiment
by Lesley Trites
 
 

my seamless syllables fall on perforations where your ears used to be 
      & then    my eyes glug bright blue, phosphoresce & eject cold radiations absorbed
      who decay through air  

when you’re reading without reading and you’re seeing 
without perceiving and you’re tenting without tent poles   
   or drinking decaffeinated coffee

and when his/her hair looks softer than your own in the light, so you
touch it,    tentatively at first but then with more intent  
 mere intent    intending intentions    he/she is driving 
and you cannot read his/her eyes    no paragraph breaks no commas

your seamless syllables fall on perforations where his/her ears used to be
      & then    your eyes glug bright (*), phosphoresce & eject cold radiations absorbed
         who decay through air

ingredients::  one pair semantic-cutting scissors   one pair finely attuned ears  one big black marker
method::    using big black marker, outline pattern of perforations        perforate
 *eye color of preference goes here

sess slles fl n pertions whr hh ers usd t b
     & tn      yr es gg brt. phssce & ejt cld rdns abd
        wh dey thg ar