the body is the unconscious mind

the body is the unconscious mind by Ivanna Baranova

why shouldn’t the psychics advertise
with legitimacy ?
the right thought renders
the hand useful , omniscient
what seeing requires in sacrifice
equations dragging the line
knowing hovers neutral til memory imbues :
life of my life’s understanding
omnilateral wreckage
sorted in crushing directions
the gain is ornamental , mimics minutiae
mimicking passion
I don’t want to be
the one they love most
I want to be the one tracing
circles    through the mind
I know vocabulary before tears
catching syllables by fistful , by foresight
overlooking metaphor

            in place of song

                        overlooking song

                                    in place of snowfall

correspondence is love imitating

            language    imitating weather

playing icy phrases

     on the narrow stairs
boycotting the gesture

 

            once you let the language

you have to let it again

(10/16/24)

 

Ivanna Baranova is a poet and artist living in Los Angeles. Recent books include Threshold (Inpatient Press, 2024) and Continuum (Metatron Press, 2023).

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