four poems || Calvin Pennix

A CALL FOR INTERPRETATION

but still there’s a position

                 of acquiring

which is cause for concern

                     of immediacy

A call for interpretation

produces a finite

                  infinity

that stretches to a personal end

Black

Left

White

Right

Up

Blue

Down

Seven

Lenses widen as they shrink

when one steps outside themselves

allowing for the music to be heard

This impatient used to sprout in the spring

A COLLECTION OF LESSER DISTINCTION

So as it happens

notoriety concedes to hatred

Apart from each

we speak in monotone

                   allowing wiggle room

An expansion is welcome in conversation

o    

o   a watering daylight

o    

o   a collection of humanity

Recognition

       

à other than metaphor ß

represents those

                    of lesser distinction

who have overcome the struggle

    which is a necessity to

o   Glow

o   Flourish

o   Shine

o   Grow

Finally a check worth mentioning is prevalent

ABSTAINING FROM FALTERING

Perseverance

as it stands expectantly

      

       as a barrier

                        that molds and corrodes

                   outside special quality

                        divides itself in many directions

                   abstaining from faltering

though teeter it may

Residue begins to compile

feverishly

giving in

             to spastic sights

             seen through perforated vision

COMMUNICATED CONFIDENCE

At a loss

one begins in

italics

Additional markings

      communicate confidence

in upwards of …

      situating a main point

As distracted avoidance

 and clearly defined

                                                                                    however

 

               it’s a fragment

How far does blue