Thursday, May 23, 2024

COMING OF AGE

Unfortunately, 
the contact high 
is temporary. 

Unfortunately, supplies 
are, by their very definition, 
limited. 

When we're born, 
so much light 

and pressure come 
flooding in, 

we cannot think
to grasp for the handle 
of anything.

But soon, we have 
no recollection 
of the bottomless; 

the infinitude of stars 
fits into our mouths 
like a fist.

Perfect darkness 
gets abstracted 

by the forceps 
of their language,

dissected with tweezers 
into the absence 
of our genius—as if 

learning to use 
a word 
such as fathomless 

was same as 
comprehending it.