Each Bound of the Fiery Paper

1

Who does me this I whistle off
brazen as the green of the Palestinian flag

Strange wishful little books clot my fur
I do not labor except to season my domain

Through seven holes all things twitter
I reject the disjecta of allegory

A sluttery roller skate grips my shoe

2

Is there enough chaos in you to make a world?

The feather on the egg is the horse under the bed

The New England winter is still raw and long

The summer is intense and abandoned
 

Copyright Credit: Cal Bedient, "Each Bound of the Fiery Paper" from The Multiple. Copyright © 2012 by Cal Bedient.  Reprinted by permission of Omnidawn Publishing.
Source: The Multiple (Omnidawn Publishing, 2012)