étienne de silhouette
in framed pines
lies the precision
of my practice:
writing by rote
is this time
daguo dovetail
the tape runs
i fill in the squares:
horizontal before vertical
i learn to stroke the page:
yī xi àr i get up and
ask whether this radical
means to grow
on my way back to the seat
the tape stops
to the forward right
and the nice japanese guy
looks up cameras on ebay
and right behind:
a guy looking at cards
vodka
__oz.
bartending he says
and in here
the tape starts again
and i take a break to
write this down
before getting back to work 。