from Step
By George Albon
to be reminded
of the failing
mainspring
not sudden silence
after the extreme figure
but the relative
a grimace told
him to push the
articulation farther
the yet green used
marks a tongues
-width to tally
a different sound
preceded every word
then took to term
to feel hips
as if new tangents
were bolting
Copyright Credit: George Albon, from Step. Copyright © 2006 by George Albon. Reprinted by permission of Post-Apollo Press.
Source: Step (The Post-Apollo Press, 2006)