What is the
supreme
law of
the land
1.
breath looming in the rafters of this room? Its huff
– it forms our words and the pauses between them. This breath is
the every room, the law with which the heart pulsing
contracts.
2.
What is an
amendment
3.
What do
you show
loyalty to
when
you.
say the pledge
of
allegiance?
equaling? What is an equal? An
that eclipses the body cannot save it.
you do when both of your languages begin to tumble? Silence in your throat – do
your tongue? Its tip dragged as far as your chin, a pledge of
remind yourself that it was not cut from your mouth
America acquired
But,
to show your tongue robs you
tasting, licking, swallowing? It this
4.
What
ocean
is
on the east
coast.
of the
united
states?
is the breath like above
surface, when no land
in sight
or the north? There, I would not lap at any
I would be in gratitude
salt and the fish around me without names. Can a bifurcation be
with its antecedent