for ee cummings

for ee cummings

yr unconventional ortho
gra
phy
seduced my eyes &
cuckolded
my
left
lizard
brain
but yr idiot
syncretic
syntax &
cubist collaging
of simple
words
[into slyly synchronistic
verbal
units
replete with simultaneous
oc
cur
ings
of
cau
sally
unrelated
images
fatefully
falling
into
relentless
tempo
into
the
highest
in
cande
scence
of
meaning
reeking
all
the
while
of
bluegreen
spiritsprites
of
tree
&
sky
the smoldering
crimson
blitzkrieg
of
love
in wordattacks
of
such
speed
&
surprise
overwhelming
coherent
defense
infinite
mu
per tations
of
256
s
h
a
d
e
s
of
menacing
n
o
n
coincident
gray
twixt
the
blackly absolutes
of truly
black
& brazenly
barren
mind/
sound/
land/
es
scapes of
whitely
trans
cendent
dreamy
white]
claimed my poet’s soul.

© Joseph McNair; 2009