pencil on sound

we wrote with pencil
on sound
and i said things
aloud
that i wouldn’t even think

the quickest way to remember
is to try and forget

you had something
stuck in your front teeth –
to me this was a sign

i used a typewriter ribbon
as a blindfold
and pointed myself to the sun.

2 thoughts on “pencil on sound

  1. keri glastonbury

    hola jessica,

    i love your poems. especially this one. i’m the currently the poetry editor for overland magazine and would love you to send me some ‘stuff’…

    keri

  2. jes Post author

    Thanks Keri!

    I love your poems too. I’ve put a little package in the mail as an offering to overland.

    jes

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