“naked language” (Japanese)
the skin on a mango the sparkle
of seeing the horizon destroy
everything under its hem & earth
become sky
we are all dying
of summer months heavy as breasts
or breaths & in a kitchen is jade
or hell a bell
jayadeva
outside in
grass the broken wood of mystery
a girl making airplanes by heart
the window of open door
small frogs
ticking & water drops in a bucket
word by word
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Ed Taylor (he, him) is the author of the novels Theo and Sebastian's Ladder (forthcoming), "Triple18" from Ravenna Press, the poetry collection Idiogest, and 3 poetry chapbooks. His poetry and prose have appeared in U.S., Canada, Australia, and U.K. periodicals and anthologies, and are forthcoming in periodicals such as Bennington Review and Stand (UK). His most recent multimedia performance work was the 2020 1-act play Black Nikes (Alleyway Theater, Buffalo, NY).
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