poems || Jim Leftwich

from six months aint no sentence - book four

not that

communicative
conven signs
or poten
individuals as
used language
com system
or letters
in a system
and a gesture
a symbol
is similar
in part
of a system
of the con 
signs sense
while they through

06.20.2011


not this

semiotics
of three
intervening
emitting
various
reception
by means
of touch

06.20.2011


not that

frequent strata cross
objects anchor flower
gauge sticks quipu
markings or rosary
or gem lan counting
pebbles cowrie
mussels ritual
inscription raised
reading with fingers

06.20.2011


not this

momentary gesture
expression mimetic
ling smoke phores
whistling humming
hissing ling ritual
need or auditory fire

06.20.2011


not that


has reimposed
language
of various such

such are gesture
vow token plain
grew

methods of
visual with
the intention
such as drums


06.20.2011


not this

these most spo receiving
memory without a human
between when as without
desire to bring directional
and
for
is
his
intermedi
tones flashlight may be
the spoken written word

06.20.2011


not that

sign were
each of
transfers
such as
two value
word into
used
cannot be
therefore
restricted
by means
of
perpetuate
the carrot

06.20.2011


not this

notches under the
custodian kept
anarchist unkempt
carved various
lengths shell cattle
called object drums
writing purple smoke
scratching and
etymology to tear
rites or picture verb

06.20.2011