The Whiteness of the Sink
- The Whiteness of the Sink
Horror: unchanged the stack of sullied dishware
Justice: soaked darlings, all that is measurable will be measured to hang in the sun
Spotlessness: a state of echo a body threatening cave
Sublime: polish gleaming breathstill
All-pervading: what is also called structure or gene or history
Supernaturalism: a steady flow from the faucet pink then red streams open a sea and that sea feel
All ghosts rising: beyond the window an island
The instinct of the knowledge of the demonism: a blood and hormone thing
Indefiniteness: storm clouds in morning
A dumb blankness, full of meaning: regarding the clean plate I lie (see “Spotlessness”) across the bed
The charnel-house within: arms taut and hands submerged the warm soap a form and this form of work
If operating without medium upon matter: (heaven) (if) () (if here) if [End Page 23]
K.M. English’s poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Sycamore Review, Brooklyn Review, Yalobusha Review, and other places. She lives in Sacramento, CA, and is writing a book about waves.
