David Baptiste Chirot
A cryptic tryptich
Your life that goes by,
That flows
Unbalanced, strange—
Ephemeral—
Shadow,
who dresses in shadow
Not knowing mourning,
Nor who I am
No one whispers death—
No one even knows—
Knows no one
that I am—
even I
***
Happenings never happening,
Names changed in secret
Time—
Of the shadow partner
That goes by, that flows—
Actions odd, that unfold—
Whisper in mystery,
Torture torturers' twins
Time—
Of the empty room
Disfiguring depths,
Distant scars—
***
Zero moments,
Illustrating a mouth—
Opening
An O
Eyes drawing lines
Calm a heavy sky
Aerial poems
Photographing a hand
Inventing
A day
Time—
Of the lucid eyes
Deciphering dust,
Dimming names—
Encrypting lives—
Interpreting a death,
Detecting
A birth
Time, your life—
That goes by,
That flows
Shadows, lines—
That draw eyes,
That lift
Time—
Of the eye drawn skies
That flow—
David Baptiste Chirot lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He makes Visual Poetry, Sound Poetry, Prose Poetry, Performance Scores/Events, Short Stories, Essays, Reviews, IS IN VIDEO ON YOUTUBE, in print and online, all found by a Google/other search
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A cryptic tryptich
Your life that goes by,
That flows
Unbalanced, strange—
Ephemeral—
Shadow,
who dresses in shadow
Not knowing mourning,
Nor who I am
No one whispers death—
No one even knows—
Knows no one
that I am—
even I
***
Happenings never happening,
Names changed in secret
Time—
Of the shadow partner
That goes by, that flows—
Actions odd, that unfold—
Whisper in mystery,
Torture torturers' twins
Time—
Of the empty room
Disfiguring depths,
Distant scars—
***
Zero moments,
Illustrating a mouth—
Opening
An O
Eyes drawing lines
Calm a heavy sky
Aerial poems
Photographing a hand
Inventing
A day
Time—
Of the lucid eyes
Deciphering dust,
Dimming names—
Encrypting lives—
Interpreting a death,
Detecting
A birth
Time, your life—
That goes by,
That flows
Shadows, lines—
That draw eyes,
That lift
Time—
Of the eye drawn skies
That flow—
David Baptiste Chirot lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He makes Visual Poetry, Sound Poetry, Prose Poetry, Performance Scores/Events, Short Stories, Essays, Reviews, IS IN VIDEO ON YOUTUBE, in print and online, all found by a Google/other search