fragment from a hand-held device #2

assuming the position

we practise stillness

in the same way.

with gestures too large for the stage

reach

clicks n taps

a morse languageof
dotsndashes
onesnzeros
andno

-spaces-

a window discloses only
the ambivalence of

- halfdrawn curtains -




in braille
the fingerpads

loom large

and soft as pomelo's
the page makes its many points

the awl always
fitted to the palm ready

for pricking small boxed meanings




the trickle
of watersoundstherush of
skiesandsatellitestherelaystations

bristled porcupine antennae

balled around the soft belly
and the head tucked in
the nose in the navel




the scent of one's self

onthefingersthepen
mostespecially

- on the fingers -

a hypodermic whisper

to inoculate against



- the reaching silence -




sshhhLISTEN

the hush
the hushed
the hhhhhhhhhhhh
we have ears for the unsaid
we have mouths for the unspoken

skin
for remembering
skin


for



- reaching -