Sheila Squillante
ONE SPARROW IN A FLOCK OF SPARROWS FROM HERE ON
History is: to separate or divide
in thought, to withdraw one's attention.
Probably he made small talk, I don't remember.
It's a small town and sometimes
we wake to find a friend asleep on the sofa.
Even the same white could well be one color:
seat, nest, living space. Chinese emperors prohibited suburbs—
places where children are so systematically
protected from life that I can't look.
I've floated down its historic stream
in something more than imagination.
I've been drawn to blue.
And yet, it can be good, an unsightly
area marked by inferior and often
tiresomely similar dwellings brings to,
brings round or around.
Reconstruct the gap between
your astonishing vision.
Try saying, "Come back."
Do it halfheartedly, against the grain.
Removed as they were, repelled, deflected,
turned aside...Glide over, mark with a slur,
explore the metaphoric potential.
The woman did, her eyes shone.
As a surprise it worked wonderfully.
My mind chugged along. I felt somewhat flattered.
Dance on salt, the earth, omit the amount
of liquid in a container. It is a matter
of surrounding with a frame a portion of vision.
I look at the landscape for a while, pull out and I'm on my way.
Make up a secret about yourself.
DYSTOPIC
In a flock we wake to find a
protected look:
I've floated down it.
And yet it can be an unsightly
area between
repelled, deflected.
As a surprise my mind flattered
the earth.
Omit the amount of out and about yourself.
FROM EVERY QUARTER OR ALL QUARTERS
Separate or divide: in history, a friend asleep
on the sofa; the woman, her children
a suburban area marked by
systematic protection. Her eyes shone
like an unsightly place where secrets
reconstruct to bring small talk,
Try saying round or around.
Explore the landscape for a thought. Withdraw
from here while one sparrow—in a pull potential
—glides over, removed from
"come back."
Very, very inferior and often tiresomely
imaginary dwellings can be prohibited,
drawn blue, out and away. It is a frame,
a portion of metaphor floated
down its historic stream.
"Where is it you are staying?"
He can't mark against the grain
with a slur look. Divine girl, even
the same color, nest, living space
could matter, surrounding well with one's attention.
Do it halfheartedly and repel,
deflect, turn aside—
The salt as surprise worked wonderfully.
I felt somewhat flattered, my mind
chugged along in flocks. It's a small town
and sometimes we wake to find the earth in vision,
something more than one white salt.
EVE'S WAY
Make up a secret about yourself.
Look at the landscape for a while—
it's a matter of surrounding with a frame
a portion of your vision.
Omit the amount of liquid in a container,
the dance on salt, the earth
flattered and chugging along.
As a surprise it works wonderfully.
The woman's eyes shone,
exploring the metaphoric potential in
to glide over, to mark with a slur.
"Where is it you are staying?"
(I do it halfheartedly and against the grain.)
Try saying, "Come back."
Reconstruct the gap between your astonishing vision;
bring to, bring round or around
an unsightly area marked by inferior
and often tiresomely similar dwellings.
And yet, it can be good.
I've been drawn toward blue—
I've floated down its historic stream
in something more than imagination.
Look at suburbs—places where children
are so systematically protected from life
that Chinese emperors prohibited
seat, nest, living space.
Even the same white could well be one color.
It's a small town and sometimes we wake
to find a friend asleep on the sofa.
Probably he made small talk, I don't remember.
To separate or divide in thought is also
to withdraw one's attention.
From here on history is:
one sparrow in a flock of sparrows.
LILITH'S COMMANDMENTS
1. Make is a matter of surrounding
surprise with the metaphoric
potential of "Come back."
2. (The very, very divine girl: her eyes explored repel, deflect, turn aside.)
3. Remove where is it you are staying?
4. Reconstruct the gap between your astonishing vision.
5. Do it.
6. Draw toward blue.
7. Bring to places so systematically against the grain, protected and yet
8. even the same white could well be one color.
9. Omit the I felt somewhat flattered
from my mind.
10. (He can't make small talk.
11. He can't look.)
12. Contain the dance on salt, the earth
unsightly, inferior and tiresomely similar.
13. Don't remember: seat, nest, living space, one sparrow
in a flock of sparrows—