Morning. Berkeley. Cusp.
crushed
tilt,shift
ice
slump,
drip
wait
wait,
wait
drip
wait
mango
early
morning
light-
wait-
light I hold
a breath
sweatlight-
I hold
a very still
(I do not breathe)
(I do refract I shake
without amplitude)
I make a noise
in my throat,I
breathe
through
ice
I
breathe,my mouth,my cheek
my lips,my chin,my throat,my chest
are wet,wet wet
light-wet,wind-wet,bright-wet
breath-wet
breathe,wet
breathe, wake
breathe (twitch,breathe)
shift
from noises like shadows,to adhesion,to
cries like
leaf-light
JDP 99/05
Copyright John D Porter © 1999
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