Triptych
by Eric Linsker

TRIPTYCH

         You

outside narrative The

grass down Haven’t you

background Haven’t you

I sing to the cypress I

sit beneath

what I sing See

they drink water

we drink water

There is no way to

say I come in peace




[Soldiers not described



[Where do we create


TRIPTYCH

The image of themselves— there should be

no image. I was asking if it was

you. The game of chairs, regnant



And you take someone out of this



to occupy nowhere



shifting the light back

between the branches

TRIPTYCH

prehensile—

laying it down in the

little dwelling

of where we are—




What do you hear



beyond dignity




(The blur in the human)

(heather-blown)


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