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
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