David Rushmer
               PANES (after James Joyce)
                                             night     :
                              returning             meat
to enter into
               the illusion
                              of sympathies
               she comes
               between our phrases,
skulled
voices:
               sharpening their eyes
in slow circles,
               clouds meet before time
               to speak
of
                              lace]
               your performance
                              of smoke
                              moving in
                                             some trembling language
                              about the body
               movement of the limbs, passing
                              whirling,
                                                            falling again to earth
               A moment
withdrawn,
                              —     in a moment. I remember
I remember
               the body
               as a light shower
                              returning
                                             promises of Spring,
                                             night silence
               under waves
                              the eyes
                              entering
               stone.
                                                            windows
                              to an air of perfumes
David Rushmer has published artworks and poetry in many journals and websites including; Angel Exhaust, Archive of the Now, BlazeVOX, E.ratio, Human Repair Kit, Molly Bloom, and, Shearsman. His first full length collection of poetry, Remains to Be Seen, was published by Shearsman in 2018. He works at the English Faculty Library, University of Cambridge.
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               PANES (after James Joyce)
                                             night     :
                              returning             meat
to enter into
               the illusion
                              of sympathies
               she comes
               between our phrases,
skulled
voices:
               sharpening their eyes
in slow circles,
               clouds meet before time
               to speak
of
                              lace]
               your performance
                              of smoke
                              moving in
                                             some trembling language
                              about the body
               movement of the limbs, passing
                              whirling,
                                                            falling again to earth
               A moment
withdrawn,
                              —     in a moment. I remember
I remember
               the body
               as a light shower
                              returning
                                             promises of Spring,
                                             night silence
               under waves
                              the eyes
                              entering
               stone.
                                                            windows
                              to an air of perfumes
David Rushmer has published artworks and poetry in many journals and websites including; Angel Exhaust, Archive of the Now, BlazeVOX, E.ratio, Human Repair Kit, Molly Bloom, and, Shearsman. His first full length collection of poetry, Remains to Be Seen, was published by Shearsman in 2018. He works at the English Faculty Library, University of Cambridge.