(doorknobs dream of sleep)

For Agnes Martin

coachwhips are songbirds
morning plots the angles out
trombone saguaro

tap shoes will not wait
climbing just lowers the sky
painted line from line

unwritten voicings
nomads off singing in braille
doorknobs dream of sleep

Jeffrey Little | The Retirement of Delay
Contents | Mudlark No. 77 (2024)