i.
We’ve seen armchairs yarned in factories
as they take away great grandmother
with cancer of the lungs, a string of long
fluid woven into her assembly
apt for a tapestry, a long room
that is woven of her memorized thread of choice.
A Volta television swamp floats until breath emerges
gentleman like, heated from its length of rope nerve.
Six looping pythons in one belt
4:44, a tilted mirror and
a bookshelf.
iii.
Theat.rics doub.led (/when spoken to/) four.teen mirr.ors
The radio has got to quit following people
into my secrets – I have seen the evidence of other shadows doubling
with these voices on the radio.
A four head of micron,
swallowing outer arm crazy springs.
Our life hair challenges them,
Marquis Sylvania, an albatross equilibrium. Harsh bone
puzzle hands twinkle down, to plant
a Hammond organ growing from the soil
(hours) plastic touching our childhood.
He can play very well,
his fingers ripe, his hands
potatoes,
a harm of fire towers
giving birth.
The year is reconsidered
from a palace in the rosemary
our mice neighbors twinkle fingers up
proposed leaf ( / ) long shapes in hand-assembly.
The shouting, undressing old pin point swing sets singing a shallow end of the swamp
our pearl necklace –
ink warped leaf fabric
somehow
diamond’s
connected
rude shelters, but argyle (deceased) +program.
Four headed television rug
arcs to the necklace pillow butter, luminous
hallows inside letters chiseled of ice weave,
foam reflection –
lamp shade on lamp shade,
tan pillow case, mirror maze.
ii.
A fragile, breakable exhale comes in
through a python repetition of half eyes.
The silk in my feeling
is spinning anchors –
one way spatial relations,
a low cloud stripes up sticks,
a life can be a lovely beginning.
A lewd, distracted light emerges,
I am resting the speaker to your velvet thigh
all rosemary arranged in radio, red language.
Zachary Scott Hamilton is the author of fourteen ‘Zines, including Temple of Sinew, The Orchestra of Machines, Wallet of Hexagons and HAIR LAND which won the IPRC zine of the month award (2008). His work appears in various magazines including: The Portland Review, Trigger Fish and HOUSEFIRE. He recently went on tour with the band Holy! Holy! Holy! and installed artwork with partner Molly Pettit for a photo series, which appears on-line at his website.