there is a breathlessness like
WATER
..............in the reading
..................heavy water
glowing, sparkling, flowing,
puddling, stagnating, growing
...................LEAPING
.........................from the marked page
wrung from his heart
....................and fermented in the space between
page
and
reader
..............clinging to the eyes with a fibrous
...............................TENACITY
it flows smoothly into the brain
where it is transubstantiated
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,as we always knew it would be.