Instability

By Eric Mohrman

 

better
that these walls crawl
up or ebb, rendered,

               bent, scant scent, slatted lilac

slightly     lights         the              room

silver fracture, slivers, a
window
frosty-patterned
with wheezy echoes

slyly
dims     the        constancy,              the

floor an unsure
smile among unknowns

dark dreams
drip up
the head-
board

a squat glass contains
trace
amounts of stasis, or

swirled sides
cascade escape

ceiling a rice
wine ripple, sip

the gist of whispers &
never

              mind the resonance

memories
of mesmerizing

fluc                   ture
      tuating struc




Eric Mohrman is a poet & freelance writer living in Orlando. A piece of his political satire recently appeared in Defenestration, & his poetry has been published in Moria, a MOPE anthology, The Furnace Review, Portland Review, previous issues of Prick of the Spindle, & other journals.


 

 

 

Guest artist : Regina Valluzzi. Graphic shown above right: "Queen of the Afternoon"