by Camille Rankine
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Still Life Mechanical
There is no flowering in my mind, no flower names,
no prairies, no plains, no greenery. One tree,
no leaves, two birds. No words for birds.
no prairies, no plains, no greenery. One tree,
no leaves, two birds. No words for birds.
No fields of gold. No ripe. One hill,
no wave, no roll. I am billboards
& stone. I am all object,
no wave, no roll. I am billboards
& stone. I am all object,
all dress, no bone. No beast, no wild, no
genus, humanoid. All edifice, all lamppost,
no dusk, no star, no sky.
genus, humanoid. All edifice, all lamppost,
no dusk, no star, no sky.