poem || Jeff Harrison

Paper Scarves
 
rose pickers came up paper scarves
despite the clinging intimacy of that red beast
rose pickers came up paper scarves


other plough voice... so mouth dreams
to mask all, reproductive butterfly thought
milk was a letter, another plough voice


breath blackbirds watch dulled of rose pillow
shuffling another attention reflex
breath blackbirds watch dulled of rose pillow


gift book absorption unfolds crunchy the
broken Below can’t read too: she’s glass,
she can say "read gift book absorption..."


a lemonade-clean executioner
stunts the creak momentary & murky
a lemonade-clean executioner


try as it may, and look as much you will
parchment never dices up living fields
try as it may, and look as much you will


these pockets cannot bend, Malleable Swim
I agree, they're a possible cure for boundaries
these pockets, Malleable Swim, cannot bend