Granite Weaving
Granite Weaving, 1988, by Jesús Moroles
To climb, in this instance, upon a horizon
Shadow-shadow. Lip-to-lip rock.
Ziggurat. Ah, from the base to the top.
Sideways. Upwards. Again, in succession.
Sprung and sprung
Frozen idiom.
Barre. Pietrasanta. Mouth and mouth.
Sung. Granite. Stitching
The way fabric gathers — pinch, scrunch.
Not in dreams alone. Not the knot.
Step, step, step, step, step. 35 up.
As if into clouds
Ur, Aqar Quf, Chogha Zanbil, Tikal.
Kin.
Plank upon plank upon plank upon
Little Blocks: ahem. don’t you forget us.
a, of, or, but, if, la, and
Close and closer to flattened.
Rock, Water, Bone: Noisy Pilgrim.
Copyright Credit: You can read the rest of the PINTURA : PALABRA portfolio in the March 2016 issue of Poetry. All images in this portfolio are courtesy of and with permission from the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Granite Weaving by Jesús Moroles, gift of Frank K. Ribelin.
Source: Poetry (March 2016)