from “n e a r”

                                                       of the let 
                                                       finely 

                                                       dyed a grammar 
                                                       in that lottery staggered 

                                                       like moss 
                                                       a will blinded 

                                                       by the well 
                                                       wall of tonsil 

                                                       shot through with dross 
                                                       which is flat accompaniment 

                                                       are these vessels 
                                                       vessels 

                                                       to do with movement or arrest

                                                       .

acclaim remit for
a great availment
repertory coarsely dotted
amend flight with hand
glib remain an etch 

                                                       .

                                                       of the rid
                                                       inhere

                                                       respite of the new fled
                                                       of reconnaissance

                                                       comply to the tooth of fine
                                                       amplitude

                                                       gussy up 
                                                       to relation

                                                       solvent
                                                       ablative

                                                       transparent

                                                       .

line of the sentinel form
of the heel 
missions of capitulation
cauterized by willful sabbatical 

                                                       .

                                                       of the sort 
                                                       of verbal emollient

                                                       flattered to grease               
                                                       value

                                                       inhabited   
                                                       breathing a new murmur

                                                       out
                                                       flutter of 

                                                       additive
                                                       like a glass

                                                       fathom
                                                       docks

                                                       where i wait

                                                       .

recount near a setting dubbed
glad with inability with arrangement
loose fit the straight fit
blossoming something 
ancillary

                                                       .

                                                       of address
                                                       emerging the cut out of fluency 

                                                       more literate than
                                                       shame

                                                       could see through 
                                                       an annulment

                                                       pinioned 
                                                       in the representative floor

                                                       decanter
                                                       fixture

                                                       to imagine
                                                       the correct

                                                       routed mouth

Copyright © 2023 by Genji Amino. Originally published in Poem-a-Day on September 28, 2023, by the Academy of American Poets. 

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“Dealing with transparency, one becomes very conscious of the effects of different kinds of light.”
—Leo Amino