Mortification by Census

brown but which kind?
no entry for oleander
no entry for ocean spume

this cell by which various selves are collocated
this cell by which various selves are evaluated

to geocode the soul
part sweat stain       part hunger

swaddling to say I live in a particular bin
and am recognized
to fish funding there

a thrush passes through me, a former
gate crasher
wind too bestows a compounding value

the numbers in the north are human
the numbers in the south pull wagons

what kind?
no entry for survivor
no entry or apogee

Source: Poetry (May 2023)