Consonance

pearl

I opened my mouth
& out fell a _______.

I tried to speak but only
______!





















am I perilous?

poise point pull propsper
pull punch push pulse
pulse plus plum plug
plum plunk plink platter



I wear the face mask in the neighborhood
because my mother asks me to. hiding
the long pull of my mouth. pushing
the long points of my feet. forward,
forward. I pulse as long as I
go. blood, mud, rush. "yellow peril."
feral, feral. feral. 

peer

I  _______
out my back window
but didn't understand.




you do the conjucating.

present, or past. 


once, there was a colloquialism.
Yellow Peril
             Pearl

             Pear?















am I perilous?
a peril?

pear



in my mouth: words
brewed, softening
at their cores, the
stems flat.       once,
in a Singaporean
mall—

nah, I don't want
to tell that story.

once, I _______.
then, I _______.



time is         what?
a person-made
construct? a way
to keep track? I am
spinning & spinning
& spinning & don't
believe in the words,
which lead me to one
point on the map.