CHILLY IN JULY

A mind filled by the heart sees a world full of beauty and compassion. Contents . ignorance . intensity . indignity . iniquity Ignorance to fail to notice to avoid understanding to lack and to want CHILLY IN JULY The nights’ eagerly await the sort of embrace that make the neighbours take notice the floorboards moan for footsteps move inner rhythms in time to the rotation of our axis a brief realisation to this heart's song — nothing particularly wrong upon looking toward a star spotted sky for signs only mildly amiss some hallowed longing barking from a book of empty pages promising entryway to finding whether or not spaces provide any places feeling of home awaiting the arrival of fondness each void corrugated by transitory halls land at acrylic gates promising inked marks by uniformed officers signifying a welcome trespass filling empty boxes as a strange right of entry obligatory by no cosmic force for after all, when I asked the moon no promise nor comets were delivered or answers given downed by the heavens to suffice for such fantasy rituals drifts back to the reach for a sweater chill in the air weather mirrored by the indulgent cavern carved no knitted garment can squelch or fill my wordless reaching gaze for comfort on an arms wrapped tight sort of night. © Mari Amman. All Rights Reserved. Poetry, Prose &Suche VOL I. First edition 2023, electronic distribution. Text and Images by Mari Amman. The poems contained within this volume were drafted circa 2006-2009, in Chicago, USA, and edited during spring 2023 in Paris, France, with the enormous support of The Trélex Residency. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lelapin.substack.com/subscribe