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

Credit

Copyright © 2023 by Genji Amino. Originally published in Poem-a-Day on September 28, 2023, by the Academy of American Poets. 

About this Poem

“Dealing with transparency, one becomes very conscious of the effects of different kinds of light.”
—Leo Amino