Block Cipher
Under diagram of a letter-less paragraph,
block white. Silent quadrates, grid imperceptible
where the arrangement cross-puzzles itself.
Blank words equidistant by page flectional by print.
Structure of paper exists to limit communicatio
of sound of silence; how word-types appear,
how fonts distinguish an ipseity of language.
The pages' margins shape set-text a voice unwrit;
contains unseen accent, pressure wave code.
Where breath within paper functions a sensation thought,
actions charge form. Without
a point an i will forget its direction, or a j
with its curve will not show its breadth of line.
Copyright Credit: Orlando White, "Block Cipher" from Letterrs. Copyright © 2015 by Orlando White. Reprinted by permission of Nightboat Books.
Source: Letterrs (Nightboat Books, 2015)