/ˈvis(ə)rəl/
vis
—as if you could twist out your arm,
hand clawed,
wailing pagan poetry with the clinically insane
who have feigned recovery to get out &
proclaim it an escape, as if you could leap
away from already being gone.
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(ə)
mattress on the living room floor.
rhinestone. ashtray. loose eyelash.
—as if you might lick the slickness of your
image in the bathroom mirror & instead,
taste the texture of flesh.
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rəl
—as if you could feel the weight of gravity
spin, mouth open now: tin. blister. wool.
wrist-bone; book page. charcoal briquette.
clavicle; over burner coil. burnout velvet.
jawbone; wooden oar. dollar bill.
earlobe; baby’s breath. jingle bell.