Bevel by Reuben Gelley Newman Jasper Johns, Pinion, Lithograph, 1963-1966; after Elizabeth Bishop Hang a wire beneath a spread of plenty. Choose a specific word with a meaning No one quite knows. Diagram yourself As ruler, thermometer, ambiguous Cans of soup. Painstakingly Test the temperature of the invisible Cake in the baking pan. Set the timer again: when it buzzes, take the cake and run with it. Crash the wedding. Rub Your body on the page. Say you don’t understand. Foot, foot, knee, hand, hand.
First published in Petrichor