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Nicholas Alti

Flotsam

i.
                          the bones are in theory there to later break under kinder bodies
 
 so want is less kinetic than previously thought / how a howl is a sacrifice you offer to an empty
 
but it isn’t so massive / it’s not to suggest a coldness between beloveds / a disregarding of giving
 
                   the blood is in theory there to later seep out & make warm kinder bodies
 
 
ii.
the lake is a facedown god-----          a wanting that blossoms from wave crests-----a severe need
to touch the small of a lying god’s back-----                     & with your tongue-----once again-----
to keep it intact------                      in orchestrating hope or in dissolving desire------absolutes only
 
the placid lake lovely, we’re wetter in water than heaven-----                     we’ve all been
there-----on the docks when we shouldn’t of-----with who we should never of-----
doing what we knew only not to whisper-----           an alchemy immensely tactile & still
 
I can’t tell you when to sin-----or why-----                       I can only show you how to dwindle-----
you take this, my ache-----& this, my cloudy view of heaven-----     you drop it & walk away-----
you kindly dismantle an acre of night-----    an aperture in bleakness in which dwells the possible
 
 
iii.
                        so bones are in theory there to allow you something to hold onto
 
                   the body the sea you’re cast out to & the debris you cling to in storms
 
             but it storms again & this is waves beyond waves & to each you mouth sorry
 
                                    the heart is in theory there to wish you farewell
 
 
iv.
 
                                                                                                            & it is so massive, the going away

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​From rural Michigan, Nicholas Alti is an optimistic depressive with trigeminal neuralgia, poor timing, an extensive criminal history, & a modest criminal record. Recent yowls have found homes at Puerto del Sol, Really System, FRiGG, The /temz/ Review, and Always Crashing. He currently resides in Alabama. 
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