Perhaps it's high time we
re-calibrate
the instruments.
Perhaps if we began
with our
second thoughts—
and then
worked backwards—
we wouldn't get
the answer
but at least
it'd be
a start.
*
Just try
to jazz correctly
and analyse
these harmonies
while you're moonstruck
by the melody,
and see
how far you get.
*
On a silent chess-
board, stuck
in stalemate,
each object
screams the same
obvious thing—
our compulsion
to grasp
the weight
and the shape
of each
piece's intent
is what keeps
smudging up
all of the photographs
with some filthy,
face-shaped
silhouette.
