jim leftwich, poems, march first 2020, written in 29 Palms
tRaiLing abYss
YeT spOOn-sHaped Leaves oF
tHe pUrpLe Mat blOOmiNg
just tUned la monte mountain
awHiLe you haven't June
cYmbopogon voYage oF tHe
gOat bLeedIng vOices
ReconstrUcts cUbic sOjOurn
Everywhere the moon
oUr LEmoNgRass
PiaNo pLaTter
uNsuNg
Waits already Raining
iN fUture Is On aWaits
My Fish GlUe hatLess
River
hatlEss already iN
tRaining
Turbidity Currents
gRaywacke
whose
haRdness grauwacke
whose jOUrney
of the dEEp sea seLVes
frOm ocEanic
trEncHes
unusual forgetfulness
were hats apart
motion-fringed
lips of the sea
Canyons Surmised
In fUrNitUre
whOse
White tack-stems and
gRavel ghOsts mOOn
stOne Whose tuRbidITy
cuRrent erOsion
cOnsists of MonteRey
oNgOing
Undertheater not lemur
LimEgrEEnliGHt since
Eek Karmamask mOuSeShit
SpeaKing
tHe fLUid dIALOgUe
oF VisibLe suBJectiVitiEs
forget the poisons
of their thinkless
abYss
Your thermometer the ocean
pEaks lOts loTtery sPeaKing
aStrOnaUt lauNcHed laNdings
riVer to serVe the fOrEst
thinkless erOsion coNsists Of
mOtion-Hinged uNsUng soJourn
Anti-poetics
tHe LesSer
RiGht-haNded Pitchblack
TighTROpe-waLKing
beaNstaLk
of your drEEms
Gusty winds to 40 mph
To Openly
Regurgitate Inner
juXtapOsitions
SolilOquy stovepipe
qUicKsaNd
bLack-baNded RabbitbRush
Southwestern ChrYsOthaMNus
KelBaker cairns SwitCHBack
YeT spOOn-sHaped Leaves oF
tHe pUrpLe Mat blOOmiNg
just tUned la monte mountain
awHiLe you haven't June
cYmbopogon voYage oF tHe
gOat bLeedIng vOices
ReconstrUcts cUbic sOjOurn
Everywhere the moon
oUr LEmoNgRass
PiaNo pLaTter
uNsuNg
Waits already Raining
iN fUture Is On aWaits
My Fish GlUe hatLess
River
hatlEss already iN
tRaining
Turbidity Currents
gRaywacke
whose
haRdness grauwacke
whose jOUrney
of the dEEp sea seLVes
frOm ocEanic
trEncHes
unusual forgetfulness
were hats apart
motion-fringed
lips of the sea
Canyons Surmised
In fUrNitUre
whOse
White tack-stems and
gRavel ghOsts mOOn
stOne Whose tuRbidITy
cuRrent erOsion
cOnsists of MonteRey
oNgOing
Undertheater not lemur
LimEgrEEnliGHt since
Eek Karmamask mOuSeShit
SpeaKing
tHe fLUid dIALOgUe
oF VisibLe suBJectiVitiEs
forget the poisons
of their thinkless
abYss
Your thermometer the ocean
pEaks lOts loTtery sPeaKing
aStrOnaUt lauNcHed laNdings
riVer to serVe the fOrEst
thinkless erOsion coNsists Of
mOtion-Hinged uNsUng soJourn
Anti-poetics
tHe LesSer
RiGht-haNded Pitchblack
TighTROpe-waLKing
beaNstaLk
of your drEEms
Gusty winds to 40 mph
To Openly
Regurgitate Inner
juXtapOsitions
SolilOquy stovepipe
qUicKsaNd
bLack-baNded RabbitbRush
Southwestern ChrYsOthaMNus
KelBaker cairns SwitCHBack
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