peeling from a ream
when I burned the diagram of the city
I burned nothing
there was no diagram
of no city
the page wasn’t much
blank
a sheet of copy paper
legal sized
to look almost impressive
I’d like to tell you
it was vellum
that I lit it
and it really burned
the nothing I didn’t burn
or
I dunno
I forget
it was linen
discursive v.o.
how do you know I’m
just speaking to you
now or just reading from
a prepared statement
is this a page from
some yet unprinted
chapbook
a private edition
or when I stop and
you speak
do you speak freely
or quote something
of your own
do I need to be
listening
might I be missing
something
should I be taking
notes
___
KR Seward makes various noises. More recently, August Combines, Familiar Lines and Scotland North.
when I burned the diagram of the city
I burned nothing
there was no diagram
of no city
the page wasn’t much
blank
a sheet of copy paper
legal sized
to look almost impressive
I’d like to tell you
it was vellum
that I lit it
and it really burned
the nothing I didn’t burn
or
I dunno
I forget
it was linen
discursive v.o.
how do you know I’m
just speaking to you
now or just reading from
a prepared statement
is this a page from
some yet unprinted
chapbook
a private edition
or when I stop and
you speak
do you speak freely
or quote something
of your own
do I need to be
listening
might I be missing
something
should I be taking
notes
___
KR Seward makes various noises. More recently, August Combines, Familiar Lines and Scotland North.