Kinematic
Le silence éternel de ces espaces infinis m’effraie - Blaise Pascal
velocity at the valves
of body
a sieve sound uncrowded
like a moon probe
obey the audition
tune with new ear
vane of roof
crosshatching
— the physical v.
the signal
they speak of the horn in the hunt
a soundmark
sure, the wolfbeat again
original sonic event
aural presence
slipping the source
leads to the pinwheel —
it starts with the sky
moves inward
the fore impulse
come, stage right:
physical
or jester
tempus stows breves
creeps at the strand
swarms the object
absorbing passes
& with her paddle and aulos
alterity glides the intervals
in her willow coracle
dwellan
disheveled like all ancient things
a shepherdess
at the swamplands ear to the sheepbells
gaging the state of her flock
yes, she hears music at the valves
trilling the skerry
welling the ear
broom doling thew
out like felt dashes quick to
swathe rough vibrissae
& in thatching the roundhouse
Jennifer Spector’s recent work has appeared or is forthcoming in Fulcrum, Reliquiae, Litmus Magazine, Tzak: a journal of poetry and poetics, Performance Studies International #21-Fluid States, and in the anthology chapbook, Suelo, vol. 1. She holds an M.A. in Literature from the City College of New York and a B.A. in Literature from Bennington College. Born and raised in New York City, she lives in Panama.
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