from WOLD
David James Miller
surface rift afternoon current
turns / weather-coded waters
braids chain
of rocks / skies flare sibilant
a weathered photo of weather—
snowmelt among mulched
sepulchral / root system exposed
at fenceline barbed in rust
night vent methane flames
blue transparence
crown of gulls / winter drift
river near dirty grasses
narrow dried ridge / grass russet
an abandoned vehicle rusts
weathered wood over a stream
through low ferns in wind
stem referents sediment / distillate
undergrowth coverage carbon
absorption / consumption at rates
unrestrained
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tine stars pinned mute communicant—
translucent season continuous skies
David James Miller is the author most recently of CANT. His work can be found or is forthcoming in Jubilat, ATTN:, Touch the Donkey, Precipice: Writing at the Edge and elsewhere. He is editor of Elis Press and SET, a biennial journal of innovative writing.
