the cleveland om kizmit book of the dead

by markk

Posted to Action Poetry on 2002-01-29 18:53:00

……..om kizmit died in tibet
cleveland’s lost son of memory
……..the fogbrother in wild array
last of the line, a breathing
……..legend in epics foretold his
feast of northern lives a work
……..of progress not designed to
end, complete in grumbling
……..defiance to open parables

(he who recites the names of the
dead from memory in alphabetical
order backwards/forwards,
those who left here never
to return, to die on foreign soil
script entered into some
cleveland book of the dead)

om kizmit a myth —

..the blinking ear

..sparrow wing

..orphan kinship

..woe of pleases

..curly neck

..resonance test

reverse poles
the totem frost
neglect remaining
the yellow dust
crater womb
plastic rennants
lines
grouped
in one two threes

(reading this to you
in reflected sunlight
mirror convex
the curvature of
earth i hear you
utter, cleveland
calling,
voice on
the other
end of the
line
gone)
.
dD….eE…..aA…..dD
.
ore boat
.
…..remain



(markk is madtolive@hotmail.com & www.deepcleveland.com