DIMINISH

DIMINISH

lēaf tongued,

now blank, staid.

:;:

effortless, if

we claim an

air.

DÉCADE III, NONIDI DE BRUMAIRE DE L'ANNÉE CCXXI

DÉCADE III, NONIDI DE BRUMAIRE DE L'ANNÉE CCXXI

ab scents

maid flash

an guard an

laughed by

got—thee dee

par tad—leaf

hang ows too

hour bode lily

day vices.

DER MANN WARD ZUM SIEB

Der Mann ward zum Sieb,

in the particular, leaf rattling,

autumnal chill, deceit settles

to the bare ground, waiting to be

stir-

red up by your comings and go-

ings, fine particles for you to

inhale and filter, becoming, at last,

the machine for forgetting that

god meant you to be—

less tender, as the waiting begins,

for the world to freeze.