"The poet is of no party." Baudelaire
An apple on a paper towel
on a dispenser of disinfecting wipes
on the carpet before us is just so
our eyes merge on one pastoral line
Z looked seriously and Z
looked at her serious looking
just so the leyline stretched
a scrim
A cold cone of mites
swirls before a shadow play
of night walks
across unruined city blocks
with people we miss
Folds of scratchy bed covers
shelter villages carved into hillside
I pack in my bag for tomorrow
a trinket box inlaid
with pearl flake
A dull husk emptied
of mung beans
once arranged
into a little henge
in the shag under
grandmother’s bed
Ancient homely stone
gathered into a box
stolen bead by bead
by mice or a ghost hand
R came in late
the morning I dreamt
of a twilit house
where I stood
knee deep in runoff
A radioactive stream
others just left there
vibing and ultrapink
Heavenly Hibiscus [01:04:00]
Man passes across a cloudy sky back in Malunguey, an open field, drone with a creaking undertone, /seeYAK/, /isang/ /kaunan/ /nyang/ /anghel/ in the eye of the sun, man in a hoodie with an earring, a woman in white profiled against the clouds. mutters soundlessly, a man’s voice, /i/ /Gumamela/ /Celis/, transcribed in the subtitles as Flower of Heaven, /Gumamela/ translated by Google as hibiscus or mallow, so /Gumamela/ /Celis/ is Heavenly Hibiscus, or Blessed Mallow, /Gumamela/ from my grandmother’s lips is red, floppy, showy, ruffly, a revolt in heaven, slow walk across a field shot as a tropical Corot
Fire [00:56:42]
Iron hammering a muted undercurrent faster than any action and on loop, lit by fire; a woman’s voice, /dyuus/, /lato/; both a steam engine far away and a stiff brushing against metal nearby against the usual long-held chord
Endangered [00:12:50]
Full moon sky, softly /papateyyewh/ /ng/ /bilay/, part of your tongue slowly pulled out, /kalkalnaraan/ /inoyus/, from your mind, /su/ /kakabatan/ /tan/ /kawawayan/, /natan/ /angukabat/ /su/ /diling/ /pag/ /mu/ /maibalikas/ /su/ /anlong/, woman silently chants over a bowl of water, /no/ /may/ /cancyon/, within your inmost self, /unsulieen/ /ulalalm/ /tan/ /lignaan/, /onoo/ /angmulabat/ /nang/ /talusan/ /ta/ /sika/ /sunandiyiay/ /ng/ /boses/, /ta/ /sika/ /tisulakay/ /pangilet/ /ed/ /pangitinglangmet/ /su/ /salita/