A psychoanalysis of absence. A dereliction of cause,

a tribulation of effect. “Doomscrolling” events into ellipses,

that state as opposed to graves that are memory.

- John Kinsella

Quanto mais alto subimos, menos palavras encontramos.

- Pseudo-Dionísio Areopagita

Apophasis

por AR

na estática

entre duas frequências

algo reza

para chegares ao que não sabes

deves passar por onde não sabes

- joão da cruz

I diminish my vocabulary to expand my understanding

of these experiences of static and stillness.

- John Kinsella

Yet, I, too, am a faltering

illusion, keep my phone on silent

through the delirium of days.

- Sandra Simonds

HAVE FEELINGS, MAKE BOOK, LIFE GREAT

- Michael Chang

MIND’S NARRATIVE UNKNOWABLE

- Michael Chang

 NOBODY READS POETRY, I REALLY SHOULDN’T ANYMORE

- Michael Chang

I’ve been at myself

- Donika Kelly

A wounded deer – leaps highest 

  I’ve heard the hunter tell    

- Emily Dickinson

The baby has learned the language of desire

And what it means | to possess |. For outside

He says | my outside |. For down, he says

My down. Not inside, but outside. No. No.

| No |. The baby has learned the language of mirrors.

Self-reflected, re-embodied, and un-hinged.

What does | a baby | look like to a baby?

Hot and dark. Hot and dark.

Apple as | an apple | as an apple as a substance.

Say night night to this one.

Say night night to everyone.

Say goodbye to whoever is not in the room.

- Sara Deniz Akant

I remember the beginning

a dream ancient as dawn

a dream of destiny drumming up the blood

the flesh

this earth

a dream we were once one

soul

- Assotto Saint

I came back home

but I came back

gone.

- Cynthia Cruz