Poems by Jedidiah Vinzon

for such isthe ebbing of the tidesrelentless in its stepsits kisses wet from partingand so returns to the shorepanting for

i i want to tear open my neck, unzip my ribs,unwrap the length of my lungs and namethe streets with

weno formor rhythmasymmetricpushing and pullingsee-saws never see uslevel out the depressionwe dug a hole we could not leaveso we returned

jupiter beside the a.m. moonhydrangeas by the redding bricksmisty walkinggrey cloud spraystar-catching near the windowpane.

a window is pressed to my eyesas they box me by the neck& they cage these bloody lungsto the walls