Concrete Music
over six foot lying
on its back
damp-worn sides
as souvenirs of basement tenure
unmoved to the top floor
a sun-bleached face now
that the upstairs neighbours
are rubble ears within
shouting
distance.
With shells, the BLOCK was returned
to itself though imprecisely
scythed;
concrete lines don’t demarcate
but are breached or bring in:
a cheek of a victim forever pressed
This is some text! This is some text! to its flank,
a shoulder of an body shuddered free
This is some text! This is some text!to dust.
As ranks of worms swell
as they are divided
As the house cat returns w/ a
missing eye torn ear jaw-clenched
missing eye torn ea jaw-cl mmouse,
the BLOCK reconstitutes
its ruined self by clutching
pieces of the departed,
whether they were
once attached
or just near.
Artificial Plant
to the glass the flower
was not a lie —
the flat clear
wobbled, line wavered
stem traversed planes —
layered & beamed
or a collapsed lung & flesh punctured
through air to space.
October
| – slipping | – dammed |
| as a | as a |
| weighty | leaf-filled |
| droplet | gutter |
| down a | round a |
| surface | cottage |
| – not porous | – not cared for |
| like your face | like autumn |
Image credit: Dominic Alves, Uneven Hand Made Window Pane Glass Distortion – Brian Eno Speaker Flowers Sound Installation at Marlborough House, via Flickr
– slipping – dammed
as a as a
weighty leaf-filled
droplet gutter
down a round a
surface cottage
– not porous – not cared for
like your face like autumn