Jandek

Lithe Body

Jandek


The indelible marks that you left 
The idea that surpasses time 
That repels reality as the object vanishes 
How could I send you all that I made 
When I didn't make it, it made me 
And now I have something to contend with 
A process enabled 
The mission of a moving character 
Would you please stay awhile 
Still in the atmosphere 
I'll keep you there unchanging 
As I rearrange what I am 
Congeal what is important 
But not discarding aberrations 
The lexicon of lineage 
The idiom unfathomable 
The crank of gears in motion 
I don't want to be disturbed by it all, but I am 
The stone thrown in silence waters 
And the ripples swayed the barren shore 
And your lithe body does emerge 
Ever white in the moonlit night