The tension between observation and production
has a participation angle
invocational in its angular feature
as the introduction stages the set for every connective tissue
blown into by noses both running and smelling
giving the lie to the die
rolling the try like a cry
where intention meets the will and the wisp
crispness softens into mushy descriptions
grasping to straw up the bottom of the shake
stirring and whirring until birds in the hands
become slew in the bush
reversing the eyes and the hands
confusing the mind with the heart
beating death out of horses
and heimlicking breath back onto overused stamps
lettering better correspondences
from Arial to Times
where the newer Roman
believes in citizenship
no longer tied to empire
at least last week
the last time
that thought stuck
or was struck.
Roman Ryan 