[ALIGHT]
kaddish tore a boulevard through bird lung
say hyssop sing thirst less
subtle saplings down the sewer
straight into the silo
father
put me on the dryer
mother
fathom:
a
further
distillation of
raw atoms my
rose
hips
may
matter
will
fiber
silt
astir
ic
ala
baster
saline
say
slend er
red
res
in
stay yell
o
um
ber
apple
dregs of
ev er
green &
pash on ore
utter el
om
Copyright Credit: Gabrielle Joy Lessans, "[ALIGHT]" from [a go]. Copyright © 2022 by Gabrielle Joy Lessans. Reprinted by permission of Ornithopter Press.
Source: [a go] (Ornithopter Press, 2022)