Portable. Discernible weight. Raised to light. Put in an envelope. Sealed. Or left in a drawer.
Does each word come with instructions? Guarantee? History.
Is any food without history. Or weightless. When garlic is minced, is the result shards of garlic. Do shards come in a myriad of shapes – diced, sliced, julienne. Truly, are shards more verb than noun? Partial to poetry than prose. (Another conversation)
Didn't stick
ReplyDeletethe plaster onto canvas
not for no one in the room
white on white then circles
to say it's ancient, always
the ground to hide it
to shield it, to make it
matter when it's dug up
again