crumbling RAM chips
and these phonemes race hertz
the monitor fails and
the heartbeats learn
to undulate dips
dim rhythm that kicks
at Genius Bar spurned
sound bar lit aflame
planned obsolescence powdered in an urn

the confectioner in afterlife
plays Dreamcast
face mask, split screen
half-caste at the repast
Nella Larsen begging pardon
for amber deception
emotional guarding

set in sharp relief
ghost notes
shadow work
insights, metrics about posts
searching for an essence
high RPM spoke
blur of the disc
see from fish
we complicated vectors of
purpose awoke

in between roofed mouth
I’m breathing
as I coalesce
I’m perceiving
what’s kept me here right now
and I couldn’t tell you

right to repair the look of love
from a male gaze
grasp a drill bit for more
purchase down a parkway
city planner drank too much maté
for life to be lived
when you walking down skyscraper hallways
developers in bed with isotopes
social decay
René Magritte scapegoat
inked on national television
gravity for airtime
cultural construct wrote a sentient rhyme
self-conscious and embellished
not a child’s pendulum but cellist
bowing twine, acetate
needle on vellum
artist study in the late 20s
framed, mounted, centered
(centered, centered, centered).

in between roofed mouth
I’m breathing
as I coalesce
I’m perceiving
what’s kept me here right now
and I couldn’t tell you

in between roofed mouth
I’m breathing
as I coalesce
I’m perceiving
what’s kept me here right now
and I couldn’t tell you