04
Paling after hands __ __ __ __ __ Crippled white crippled forgetting __ __ The dust is too sparse __ __ __ __ __ Leaky window __ __ __ __ __ __ Memories and residues __ __ __ Laminar opacities laminartimeThe taking flow __ __ __ __ __ __ Footfall and edge and imprint __ __ __ And puddle __ __ __ __ __ __ __ The skin remains __ __ __ __ __ __ Impermeable remains __ __ __ Familiar __ __ __ __ __ __ Echoes are anniversaries too __ And dwindle __ __ __ __ __ __ __
05
White blank open __ __ __ __ __ __ Counts of __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ You cannot keep it __ __ __ __ __ warm precipitate __ __ __ __ __ will lose __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ move against it __ __ __ __ __ __ gravity into corners __ __ __ wet winter soil __ __ __ __ __ __ more wet __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ ritual stone meme __ __ __ __ __ against wanting __ __ __ __ __ __ pressure sink __ __ __ __ __ __ __ scrape off the lichen __ __ __ __ __ and leave __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
06 – Plum(b)
The cutting of __ __ __ __ __ __ Backing – the disappearing __ __ __ The volume body __ __ __ __ __ Uniformity :: from hand of __ __ The hanging line __ __ __ __ __ __ Exacted vertical __ __ __ __ Shadow copy close __ __ __ __ __ And weighted __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Graphited __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Source signature __ __ __ __ __ __ Branch of __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Stone blossom on known land __ __ __ __ All of this auspicious __ __ __ __ And her ashes __ __ __ __ __ __
07
Down Turning __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Proximal branches __ __ __ __ __ Ground under shadow __ __ __ __ __ Beneath close blanket __ __ __ __ __ weak roots __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Unemergent __ __ __ __ __ __ Sources __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Destinations __ __ __ __ __ __ Noncontiguous cycles __ __ __ Rotted blossoms __ __ __ __ __ __ A mother’s dust __ __ __ __ __ __ Our alterations __ __ __ __ The history of thickness is apparentAfter cutting blood water roots down __
08
Ice outlasted __ __ __ __ __ __ But what is longevity __ __ __ Thawing ashes are meaningless __ __ Dormant grass __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Brittle broken sound __ __ __ __ __ Contractions __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Cycle of bodies __ __ __ __ __ Is linear __ __ __ __ __ __ All waves have undertow __ __ __ __ Cold white layers __ __ __ __ __ __ Eyes are dust __ __ __ __ __ __ __ There is no protection __ __ __ __ on the sidewalks there are masks __ __ __ the now faces are fracture __ __ __ X
Anon Baisch is currently a data analyst working in the semiconductor industry. Anon’s poems have been published most recently in Defunct, New Note Poetry, 2River, The Write Launch, and forthcoming in Waxing & Waning.