Nick Twemlow

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


[safety just a]

 

 

safety just a                                                      bridge from which                          to view the absence

 

of                           safety                                    wicked little dieing self                                        die

 

               a lil’ softer                           I learn the Ongoing Resuscitation            for primsy you rent

 

slaught, beef-jerky illness                                          invader knocks your                                      builded

 

eyes     your hazy gaze                                                                                          your gilded, lazy

finished

 

 

 


 

 

[stunning wheel of sympathy]

 

 

stunning wheel of sympathy                     turns                                                                     for you, for you

 

                                               outpost where the mind flips the record                                                 

                

               demon-stunned                               I miss you, drowsy azalea,                          froth-tipped

 

metabolism                                                                      lifting 2 plates + the bar                               getting

 

stronger each weakness                              I stun                                                                            the petals

submission                      

 

 

 


 

 

[though other infractions]

 

 

though other infractions                            pale thee                                                                             I don’t

 

seek                                      retraction                                                           consider the stutter dusk

 

               migraine’s ladybugging afterimage                                         I can never get to R

 

but after, along,                                              day                                                I pitch a tent on the scud

daybreak