re-sampler_09
eyes tasting
ridged shadow
cast by vegetable
flesh means the
dirt.water.daystar
did their dance
again somehow
and all this cut
and torn joy
was once something
alive or not
living but now
never inert i swear
they crawl and
slither their
way through the
timed motion to
give room for neural
overlap mmmmm
that's brainyum
and the vertical
horizon lashing
land to not so
the whole thing
stays afloat
drifting along
and around each
new tendrilled
slip and it
ought to be said
the glue's all
there too - alive
in its behindness
like so much else
around us now
and always all ways
re-sampler_03
strained reflection
in the clouds' rippling
up isn't always
where you left it
i wonder how we
city how we hold
together transparent
means both and then
some if you found it
use it if you smell it
trust that how many
times can a fleck be
a signal and also just
enough the glint of
light caught in a sharp
place again with your
invitation how to
honor that open honor
that open honor that
open honor that open
an occult color in the
field of the spark
i want water on fire
but not the hot way
i see sideways with
your eyes alongside
mine a scopic type of
movement when the page
swivels across guttered
spine ditch a tree and
a cloud and a dust-born
layering of ripe air
i'll say it again i want
the juice whether it's
new or faded we can
share that all of that
we can and you do so
i want yes i dream it
re-sampler_12
stippled petal
calced post-
calyx sepals long
since thrust through
now its heat
from outer space
and that warms
stone but if
you stop
to touch a
bug before it
touches you
the arms
will wilt
the tongue
fill up or
back of head go
lost to after-
image what
i found
when looking
was
to be
looked
might yes
be seen
so well
better
smile don't
let
teeth
rot
dead
or all
i've dreamt
of might
be furious
buzzing
art a
nectared
fact
paratext:
these three snippets are from SAMPLER + RE-SAMPLER,
a collaboration in ecstatic ekphrasis celebrating image, memory, and deep friendship.
collage sampler by maryhope|whitehead|lee.
text and audio re-samplers by ryan greene.
more glimmers from SAMPLER + RE-SAMPLER available here, here, here, here, & here.