As
though the shores established at the boundaries of memory might be rinsed,
disinfected—the sands free of debris, replete. This perfection procedurally
marred at the edges. Beyond which a matted logic of sea grass, shells and
cigarettes maintains. Systematic.
In the oceanic
seeming of continuance, I lost
my name salient, [[[[then, in a seeming
vitality of
remorse—] each day ending in
discursive vitality
[ beneath your name,
its tenor and
sustaining mystery]]] —each day within this garden
each
day ending in
a fearless divide [[[unresolved,
remaining fully apparent ] circumstantially forthright, I
searched
amidst a glazed perpetuity
varieties of disclosure [[[ in damaged fountains of creation I
found ]]] I found there every lasting notion of retrieval, salience
through certain
dominations of facticity I came to cast a factually determined glance composed
only to fade in an emblem of remorse! [ fade along this futurity ]]]] a deeply decisive anchoring!
For this
suffering topic to retrieve itself
in the resplendence of ongoing hesitancy
deeply
withheld…
Nicole Raziya Fong is a poet living in Montréal. She
is the author of PEЯFACT (Talonbooks,
2019). Past work has appeared or is forthcoming in publications including Cordite, The Volta, Social Text, Poetry will be made by all!, filling Station & in translation in exit.
the Tuesday poem is curated by rob mclennan
