Soul Over Lightning: Poems

The Distance Between Two Rooms

47 | The Distance Between Two Rooms Walls and the creation of the world * enhanced interior * everyone so serious * jewels thrown at her feet * a window composed of yesterday * a large corridor vacuumed in time to lie down * suffering superstitions * synthesis and canned goods * white walls of the hospital * seasons providing for the furniture * human affairs * pure water * good room over his head * immaculate reconstruction * sharp nails through the floor * rat poison * embers and cold fish * brooms to sweep hair under the rug * nocturnal wishes* diamond necklaces * earwax and spit * unframed pictures * framed masterpieces * windows without glass * curtains without windows * good hallway over his head * true voyagers * doorknobs encased in honey * mansions * apartments * bungalows * rooms so small they smell * water and bread * legs of dark clouds * the distance between two thoughts in the hospital * the distance between the chair and the closet * the distance between the room and itself * the distance between two places * a cockroach inside the room * a very clean room * a circular adjective * brains * pianos * ice cubes * rubber bands * origami mistakes * folded rags and mops waiting to clean the patient’s room * one chair * two lamps * one table * one bed * two rooms finally two rooms * strings of worry * strings of dirt * cobwebs * strings of soap * the distance between can’t say it * the distance between * the distance * the house not a house but a situation * construction halted * property * awarded flowers * painted flowers * locks inserted * walls smashed * the cost of living * the celebration * trim lawns * a pattern on paper where geometric hunger is fed with an alloy calculated from an iron compound extracted from the chest of Ezra Pound though state hospitals and incarceration have nothing to do with the distance breathed beyond the years of calling. ...