letter torque

Poem by Nathan Shepherdson in response to If I were taller, Jan Manton Gallery, 29 August-4 September 2022.

a
as a new alphabet is released
like baby eels into a vortex
your vowels join hands

b
is the skin of an alphabet
rewarded with truth
or meaning

c
can death spell itself
in this alphabet where shunted horizons
hoard cold faces in each equation

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