by Jeff Clark

a circuit, bled memory

a sance of the veins1, a liquid hinge

Deceit, the tones of dreamed sceneries

defaced by a single face

and yet the day itself is more marred2

by these traces of fragrance3

chances to fathom4 her absence

or collapse5 with the sap of plants

and sleep, and demand of a jasmine-scented face

How are you still so fragrant6?

An object at a morgue or an organ