C] o [urse Listing: More Than a Notion

What am I asking—: What is this flashing—: hesitation? It appears like the red light near an airport—: at intervals, flash. Flash and then it disappears. A little notion. Now it sits—: a tease. Now hovering, twinkles warning. Notion’s—: little eye for—: hook, a catch to snag. Moves—: this is what I like—: about a cursor. And f*** you f***-a-doodle-do—: yes, I’m a silly thing. Flash—: is not me, not an I :—: I am so sick of—: Aye, aye, captain. The ayes have it and so win—: the vote. Vanity’s little ring of—: light. Slivered above what—: the screen shows. So much time—: with screens, veils. So much—: time collaging impacts. The vehicle is crushed. How to suck out the dent? The bent—: dent—: the thought

] of—: a house and how to—: but build it. [
More Poems by Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon