Mortification by Census
brown but which kind?
no entry for oleander
no entry for ocean spume
this cell by which various selves are collocated
this cell by which various selves are evaluated
to geocode the soul
part sweat stain part hunger
swaddling to say I live in a particular bin
and am recognized
to fish funding there
a thrush passes through me, a former
gate crasher
wind too bestows a compounding value
the numbers in the north are human
the numbers in the south pull wagons
what kind?
no entry for survivor
no entry or apogee
Source: Poetry (May 2023)