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  • Benjamin Pierce
  • Making the Rounds vii

I learned to twist myself to stand on fingers and spin above the world

to stand on fingers and spin above the world I accepted weights' abiding demand

I accepted weights' abiding demand by taking the ground as the sky I could meet

by taking the ground as the sky I could meet I knew the space that cages us

I knew the space that cages us; I learned to twist myself.

  • Benjamin Pierce
  • Making the Rounds xxvi

we forget our light to rue the fat we burn

to rue the fat we burn we make it wax and call it life

we make it wax and call it life to name ourselves mere effigy

to name ourselves mere effigy we forget our light.

  • Benjamin Pierce
  • Making the Rounds xxix

in a curve I augur unaccounted origin and end

augur unaccounted origin and end and account the line a life

and account the line a life and close a curve from end to end

and close a curve from end to end and call a boundary a thing it holds

and call a boundary a thing it holds and a thing a boundary expanding

and a thing a boundary expanding in a curve I augur

and beyond the line and curve we know unaccounted origin and end.