erica kaufman

from censory impulse

11.40.26

everywhere find
phantom    establish terms
with the hand left
lightly            her back

or the leg    on occasion
returns to ask     why first
go to all the dinners
why later want to ask

to be branded
a river-keeper        mobile
shore and the face
an idea    of flatness

know it impossible
yet turn muscle     to fat



16.02

fail to recognize aggressive
wish only to see bandages
like salt a shovel poignant
a foot in the garage

                                             come close    ready to open
                                             face    dislocate shoulders
                                             cystic as you will     feather
                                             arrogant     sorry             play


poor

    anxious

               card

throat sore
become mine
sudden        the want



03.16

about to scrape cheeks
splint nose

promise I won't
be visible
fingerprints  an ordeal

a different method
of "doing" or a new
scrutinizing ritual

anonymity the new
plentiful strike surface
over and over    episodic

ahead of the curve
of not asking
to be able to find    center



15.03.07

impact a kind of study
note the very stylish
suits and ties
take genuine interest
and try to look
at herself get a cross
section of how

pronounce insincere
activate her motion-
activated soundtrack
loud but void      a course
let's divorce ourselves from
moribund but I need
a delivery truck to say it
 

 
 

A David Trinidad Publication for MiPOesias Magazine 2007