from “n e a r”
of the let
finely
dyed a grammar
in that lottery staggered
like moss
a will blinded
by the well
wall of tonsil
shot through with dross
which is flat accompaniment
are these vessels
vessels
to do with movement or arrest
.
acclaim remit for
a great availment
repertory coarsely dotted
amend flight with hand
glib remain an etch
.
of the rid
inhere
respite of the new fled
of reconnaissance
comply to the tooth of fine
amplitude
gussy up
to relation
solvent
ablative
transparent
.
line of the sentinel form
of the heel
missions of capitulation
cauterized by willful sabbatical
.
of the sort
of verbal emollient
flattered to grease
value
inhabited
breathing a new murmur
out
flutter of
additive
like a glass
fathom
docks
where i wait
.
recount near a setting dubbed
glad with inability with arrangement
loose fit the straight fit
blossoming something
ancillary
.
of address
emerging the cut out of fluency
more literate than
shame
could see through
an annulment
pinioned
in the representative floor
decanter
fixture
to imagine
the correct
routed mouth
Copyright © 2023 by Genji Amino. Originally published in Poem-a-Day on September 28, 2023, by the Academy of American Poets.
“Dealing with transparency, one becomes very conscious of the effects of different kinds of light.”
—Leo Amino