bank twenty-two

by laura sims from practice, restraint



the infinite



network of rooms







*


when


nobody wants you enough

democracy

by laura sims from practice, restraint


one verdant minute

after the next, the love of the people

eludes him.



what does it mean? one thing unfolds



as a chain of things: the failure of making

a fantasy park

out of war



in an armchair,

the passage of hundreds of years



the loss of perpetual motion, the line

that proceeds

"a dark sky, and nothing but fire"

in his absence, the absence

of millions

bank seven

by laura sims from practice, restraint


tit for tat


your border gives in


                    under the wet awning, a bomb


or something

we think ---


                    we were animals


friend

bank thirty-two

by laura sims from practice, restraint



both of us opened

in windows / en face de



who froze               in the field

between                 road and wood



what's yours

settles mine, my mind ---



there's a staircase facing the porch door, patio, sea, you are



right