concre(a)tion

   

 i.

take the visual field as a metaphor 

for physics: light from (form) less 

scrapes particle-thin layers

of substance into being: 

a rind of heated pe[t(a)]els, lingering 

residue of dew, the light-charged 

particles condensing, ash-thin layer 

of doves: alight or slight / sweet:

ii.

that is to say,

take a handful of 

the fragrant 

grass—its

texture,

the way it cannot

not be:

green

tubers still

alive while

blood pumps

beneath the 

skin—take 

a handful of 

the grass:

its grassness

is:

the greensoft

texture of waxy 

pubic hair

the smell of it

its fragrance / essence

physics / physis

—all, that is to say,

the grass against 

your cheek:

charged vectors

of nothingness or eyelash

sensation of

tiny feet:

iii.

although vision 

stops 

i cannot see.

a shuttering 

or tremble,

fine-toothed 

instruments

of carving / curving

eyes or jaw— 

what i am trying to name

is the phenomenology of the cosmos 

as electron-thin layers  

of darkness 

charged 

w/ darkness / doves //

of darkness charged 

w/ darkness / doves:

the ashes left

when nothing burns:

iv.

   fine-tuned / -toothed / whis-                            spurs bite                                             

hisssssssssssss- /     

curs / kers / e / ive     in sur-

  deep, part-

carve tender c  a r / u r v      -ing aster-                                          

icles of                  face

astral risks /           isk-      

s-       

      

*

vi.

light returns

to pierce / divide

the filament /

firmament 

and separate

the lower 

jawline from 

the water

boundaries / 

borders:

gradients 

of blood well

from the cut

& gain complexity

& definition:

capillaries / branching:

vii.

all

the cells

in the body:

suspended

on the surface 

of water