Poem
James Cummins
from FLASH/BANG
from FLASH/BANG
from FLASH/BANG
[ 5 ]transgress
across
maps
and other “signs of our times”
smoothing
the curvature
the difference in diameter
replace function w/ fixed parameters
resulting in imaginary form
for the second time today
cognition fails
declaring an amnesty in retrospect
composed
among clean sheets
the truth is
even less complex
absorption is a
MATTER
of
FACT
filling bathwater
and BABIES
“sweet songs of freedom”
move to delete
once the correction
has been made
therefore
arriving
in the order of
back//left//heel and toe heel and toe
translating easily
around
an impulse
wound
around
each finger
reminding the wearer
which step is next
unintentional
drift
from subject
to object
through tiny voices
my own
breaking into laughter
absurdity and repetition
FLASH
eyes failing to see
beyond itself
FLASH
and noise
fill in the blanks
dot dot dot
hereby
and henceforth
declaring
the inaudible
along with
so much else
surging through
skin
touch each
crevice
as if lost
so much more
emanation
retracting with
every step
looking
skyward
in shades of movement
i produce
a sense
or sound
whichever comes first
[ 6 ]
lincoln was a line dancer
[ 7 ]
newport or knickerbocker
the fruit
broken or
bursting
suffering in sweetness
how did we get from
there to here
FLASH
w00t w00t
FLASH
combining
magnesium and aluminium
FLASH
detaining the original
pristine
conditioning
an image
framed
FLASH
your hand enters
my lungs
first the right
then
moving across . . . the left
inhaling the remainder
[ 8 ]
the morning moves
in silent circles
scoping across parallel lines
i wince and gag
pulling paper
from limbs
ignoring incessant cries
© 2012, James Cummins
From: Flash / Bang
Publisher: Veer, London
A video of Cummins reading FLASH/BANG can be viewed on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IfmLDDftQQ
From: Flash / Bang
Publisher: Veer, London
Poems
Poems of James Cummins
Close
from FLASH/BANG
[ 5 ]transgress
across
maps
and other “signs of our times”
smoothing
the curvature
the difference in diameter
replace function w/ fixed parameters
resulting in imaginary form
for the second time today
cognition fails
declaring an amnesty in retrospect
composed
among clean sheets
the truth is
even less complex
absorption is a
MATTER
of
FACT
filling bathwater
and BABIES
“sweet songs of freedom”
move to delete
once the correction
has been made
therefore
arriving
in the order of
back//left//heel and toe heel and toe
translating easily
around
an impulse
wound
around
each finger
reminding the wearer
which step is next
unintentional
drift
from subject
to object
through tiny voices
my own
breaking into laughter
absurdity and repetition
FLASH
eyes failing to see
beyond itself
FLASH
and noise
fill in the blanks
dot dot dot
hereby
and henceforth
declaring
the inaudible
along with
so much else
surging through
skin
touch each
crevice
as if lost
so much more
emanation
retracting with
every step
looking
skyward
in shades of movement
i produce
a sense
or sound
whichever comes first
[ 6 ]
lincoln was a line dancer
[ 7 ]
newport or knickerbocker
the fruit
broken or
bursting
suffering in sweetness
how did we get from
there to here
FLASH
w00t w00t
FLASH
combining
magnesium and aluminium
FLASH
detaining the original
pristine
conditioning
an image
framed
FLASH
your hand enters
my lungs
first the right
then
moving across . . . the left
inhaling the remainder
[ 8 ]
the morning moves
in silent circles
scoping across parallel lines
i wince and gag
pulling paper
from limbs
ignoring incessant cries
From: Flash / Bang
A video of Cummins reading FLASH/BANG can be viewed on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IfmLDDftQQ
from FLASH/BANG
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