Reciprocal sensibility
machinery and armor more so
it seems an arrangement. The formal terrain
centers of crystallization
read as a diary. Believer seeking grace
or sharpened sensibility.
Osmotic precarious
contraption mirrored realm of discrepancy
disrupts and transports
ricocheting triangulation contrapuntal polarity.
Insubstantial speck in
pounding waves. Alienation’s inherent gaze
inevitably therefore.
Lures and seduces secure.
The compensatory sense
is touch. Sometimes the door goes
right by.
Jess Mynes is the author of several books, including How’s the Cows (Cannot Exist Press) and Sky Brightly Picked (Skysill Press). His poems have appeared in The Brooklyn Rail, The Nation, Bright Pink Mosquito, Vlak, Shampoo, Big Bell, and various other publications. He co-curated a reading series, All Small Caps, in Wendell, Massachusetts, for eight years. He is the editor of Fewer & Further Press, where he publishes innovative contemporary poetry.
