We struggle in transmission, our tendril openm
to receive I think he said the question
I’m still asking is how
do we become a self any
self yes we/a but also I/this peeking through or
the tendrils curl up world-
burned no actually
I don’t care about it, self, how
do you become a soul claim
clamoring itself
from Memory Rehearsal (City Lights, 2026)
Eleni bio tk. www.elenisikelianos.comPenelope Massouri photo.