From “The Yellow Book”
calligraphy surname breaks aboard
jaundiced boards crystal the size
of your thumb hone to focus
aural auroral “good” vibrations
or afterlife vital uncertain
modular brick unsorted builds
containment uncertain outcome
aspire domes and spires
crossed kickshaws repletion
disapprove failed ornament
facet in foil folded
implications outdo pointing
rattle the superflux ziploc
blister packed against
the wind and the rain
wanderlust untied arrived
wonder sensing upended
expectations small otherwise
transliterated consonants sound
approximate meanings out
sharp-edged chill Ithaca
not blunted Ithaka
gorgeous repletion straight
no chaser copies letters
life agenda drivers skilled
Mark Scroggins (https://fortnightlyreview.co.uk/2024/12/zion/) is a poet, biographer, editor, and critic. His most recent publications are Zion Offramp 51-100 (asemic dub), Excursus:Selected Prose of John Peck (edited), and The Uncollected Louis Zukofsky: Poetry, Drama, Prose (Edited with Jeffrey Twitchell-Waas).