Poetry | evolution | Mary Ann Schaefer

evolution listen
rip,
rip and tear, shred
and tatter into bits,
into disembodied scraps
	paper, ink, words
counterfeit diaries,
transient impressions

dig,
dig and shovel, drill
and bore into bottomless,
into the pit, a grave
	paper, ink, words
alphabetic droppings,
decomposing scribble

split,
split and forget, detach
and divide into silence,
into absent-minded night
	paper, ink, words
hollow translation,
immaterial language

sigh,
sigh and ache, belie
and bemoan into kneeling,
into quiet realizing
	paper, ink, words
effeminate semantics,
animated meanings

climb,
climb and shinny, rise
and reach into clarity,
into flash and shine
	paper, ink, words
spiraling cursive,
lyrical calligraphy

write,
write and relate, decipher
and convey into creation,
into unnamed revelation,
	paper, ink, words
inscribed libretto,
hieroglyphic hereafter