{eulogy for points & lines}

after Thalia Field

The woman might be mad
Formula this trapeze

(A) a clacking
a clanking

obedient not is,


(B) behind blinds zibra finches
(C) collect on a pain

(D) DIFF FUNCTION reads (E) epitaph
(F) FUNCTION OF THE SIGN (enthrallment with letters)

(G) grave is not a place
(H) hands (I) igniting batons & glass circus orbs

forget an
alphabet------------------------------------

obedient is:

obsessions paddling
spurious rivers

The woman might be mad
Contrapasto when stoned

Contra- position

ing

Combinatorics,

O the raving
O the ravenours

STEALING VIRTUOUS seeds o the f
VIRTOUS IS STEALING friend,

tight skin
wrapping bone
her best clothes
waiting a notice
her tightrope pulling
no farce

no satire
battalion of voices—NO {cellphone}

choir

*This work originally appeared in Diode, Vol. 2