kari edwards

 

first...

first,

the scaffolding

then,

Catcalls from the sea

then,

a combination of appearances with cross-purposes

simply put

simple work

working a thought

refuting matter

content richness

begging for fullness of living

a body

shivering nearly subliminal

naked ready

almost ready

in a sleep that extracts

merely

called what

called intuition

no opposite

called no point

called splendid submission

called a verse of labor  remission

calling

facing someone's something

doing the thing

undoing

simply put

beyond

a spinning multifaceted scenario

beyond a sacrificing never

considering the claim

working up to

undoing the undone

imagining a simplicity unspoken

begging body picture

shrouding

drowning in sound

in the secret sent of sound

in the marvel

of the discovery of sound

beyond the beaches of the uncharted

beyond chafing boulevards

reduced to a

blaze deep in walled eyes

heaven or hell

what I need

is not man made bone

titanium cage

generated blue serene

exactitude

nor do I need

involuntary bliss by assumption

from insidious sleek smiles

placing me

in choiceless anatomy

oh  hazard and open sewers

is one only give

chance eternity

between

will trimmed grass

where

dainty-eaters

 never let others

eat with them

or-

anonymous swine

crouching with

unfriendly fleas

what of the rest?

suspicious water buffalo

and uncommon furors

of tender planets

for the meagerest

shadows?