[ALIGHT]

By Gabrielle Joy Lessans
kaddish  tore    a   boulevard through          bird              lung
       say hyssop   sing       thirst       less
                   subtle   saplings       down the      sewer
                   straight    into    the silo
                                  father
                     put    me   on     the  dryer
                                          mother
                                   fathom:

                                  a
                         further
        distillation  of
                     raw    atoms   my
                                     rose
                            hips
                     may
                         matter
                            will
            fiber
                     silt
                             astir
                                 ic
               ala
          baster
                        saline
                            say
                    slend er
                            red
                                res
                            in
                                stay      yell
                         o
                                um
                           ber
                               apple
                                  dregs of
                                ev       er
                                  green &
                                       pash  on ore
                                                utter el
                                                        om

Copyright Credit: Gabrielle Joy Lessans, "[ALIGHT]" from [a go]. Copyright © 2022 by Gabrielle Joy Lessans.  Reprinted by permission of Ornithopter Press.
Source: [a go] (Ornithopter Press, 2022)