tidal

mute
empty whiteglow alphabet
take a photo make
practice tattoos
seething on
time taught syllables and
nappy-dark stains -
chocolate water and thawed muscle
and blood from somewhere.
how didn't the dust spill,
coruscate spiral fingers
wagging dissonance at figures
to long-gone character,
attempts at grass
white picket heaps
titter titter
mine and mine and mine
weep at buds and drip lush
chemicals - photosynthesise heart's
timetable.
forget a pair, shadow packed
like gossamer tell-alls in reading
trains, flush necks red in
sunday greens
how did this work
before?
after tidal lives found tidal ways to be