in the comfort of angles this parallel

by Leigh Herrick

effects

this stream of red

this dawn drawn experiment retarding window and apertured relief for slitting the sheet

          the opened door

          the bottom swarmed loose

          the night taken to stare 

                              cased for red

                         cased for sub

                     structure

                 d ing s

and have you found an ess for that in the swivel of time  

have you found the upper and lowering of gratify

              when in the crimson

      when in the nest of it

when in the egg

the swallow and sea ethereal spin to save their IF

                                                  that whirls itself to wander and the split of it  

spins to swarm the warnings—

and for the cave of your heart

what blood now                                                 

spelling the muscle of form

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Leigh Herrick contributes regularly to this blog and has appeared in AlteredScale.com 3. She will also appear in the next issue. Her latest book is Without, Haiku.