Peripheral Terminology
Not having imbibed Ghosts or dust or forces that condone objective termination
I remain as peripheral terminology not unlike the paradoxical sweltering
that erupts from one’s grasp
pre-cellular in origin
Notes:
From Divine Blue Light, © 2022 by Will Alexander. Reprinted with permission of City Lights Publishers, citylights.com. For more information about Divine Blue Light, visit here
This poem is part of the portfolio “Will Alexander: Poet-as-Spectrometer” from the November 2022 issue. Audio version performed by the author.
Source:
Poetry
(November 2022)
