Matriline
No voice came to me
There was the theoretical obstruction
Of ‘the real’
This is so redundant
Looking closely, creation
Gave itself to a certain condition
Nothing
Not accountable
To blood’s earlier pattern
The true one
All red and blue
A forging of night
And satisfied, partially
How close you can get
To the center of things
The black stars
It matters
Where the seam points
I recognized futurity
In the tempo of my walking
Marching out and in line
Gazing, formative
The microscopic plumage
What is there to mark?
I’m tending
As chimes denote sleep
I’ll leave the thread to anyone
As I bask here
In frayed thought, aerobic
Upholding a collective
Personal history
Drawn in secret so you never really know
What figure you are dressing
Where the border is
If the stone you see is there
For you to stand on
Or for you to believe in
I can imagine this series of links
Nothing holding it together
Not thought
Your mother before you
And so unmistakable
Her perfect hair


