Magnolia

8 involucre:  at base of flower, ring of leaves defolding just so palm-cross to palm involucel:  at ring of leaves, second ring the palm is entitled to a tree                                                 in view is origami                                                 box you sent I                                                 defold to a                                                 square you                                                 refold to a                                                 span I                                                 defold to a                                                 square you                                                 refold to a                                                 large box I                                                 defold to a                                                 deemed you                                                 refold to a                                                 leaf I                                                 defold to a                                                 leaf you

 

9 born on one corner, you moved quite gracefully to another            small side of a rhombic town.  You had, as they said, dug in                     where                                  seals said pod            small side of an other town       where                                  loyal to cycle moon not to                                  phase but                                                    in, out               same sealed glide of an other passage   where                                    tendon muscle tendon                                    location is

17 what about those pits where the Romans caged lions                                                 deep in Coliseum I’m wondering how to boil fever out its den into uninhabited lobes I’ve no defense against pinna or bicep:                           pink string                                     alveoli you raise wild eyes out of dingy stream gasping for a closer look                     olive                                                           skin porous as desert                                                           craters arena:  there:  sand

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