THREE POEMS by SHINE BALLARD
Yore Song
like pinched
cornstarch,
my body, joints
achingly sound
as i languish
toward farther further
when ailments
nag us motherly—
the noise :
a melodious malady,
an impatient aching,
a song foretolling
the somatic dirge—
we move a plangenttune
Replenish
an
adequate sea :
empties,
hemorrhage
can one replenish,
can one reservoir,
what never existed?
can—
haven't—
can't—
notskinny
my form
lacks symmetry
the physical shape
of me, my
e motions, unfair
broad shouldered,
skinnylegged,
lesskinny knees :
a fullbody,
TopHeavy
brand of unbecoming—
as so
internally,
e x ternalize :
this habit makes grotesQue noise
Shine Ballard, the rote-renderer, currently creates and resides on this plane(t). @shineballard