Benjamin Pierce
Making the Rounds xxxvi


we seek to bake a burning light from hard hot anger

from hard hot anger we remember coal of memory we pressed in secret night

coal of memory we pressed in secret night denies itself pressure unto clarity

itself pressure unto clarity leaks light where ground denies it

where ground denies it angry flame arises, tempting angry coal we bake

tempting angry coal we bake a burning light from hard hot anger

from hard hot anger flame rises and leaks light it denies itself, we remember

we seek to bake a burning light from hardened words we lost.

Benjamin Pierce
Making the Rounds xxxvii


we call the heat we know a home and dark around our future

and dark round, our future has the heat we lost

has the heat we lost spread to collect upon our next new venture

spread to collect on our next new venture we hope to flee the ash we left

we hope to flee the ash we left and call the dark beyond our future.

Benjamin Pierce
Making the Rounds xlii


along a random road I found a weathered bone at rest

a weathered bone at rest and my restless knife and breath have made a flute

and my restless knife and breath have made a flute along a random road I found.

Benjamin Pierce
Making the Rounds xliv


I looped my laws to feed the gain of law to need

to feed the gain of law to need I sought what could not move ahead

I sought what could not move ahead and sought to know if need is weight

and sought to know if need is weight, empty still revealed an open space

empty still revealed an open space where travel needs no rare provision

where travel needs no rare provision the stakes of law describe a poor estate

the stakes of law describe a poor estate and I entered therein with an open way

and I entered therein with an open way that allowed no clutched need to its opening

allowed no clutched need to its opening, opening could not reward the weakest

opening could not reward the weakest and I made a simple line to lesser burden

and I made a simple line to lesser burden to feed the gain of law to need

a simple line to lesser burden I looped to feed the gain of law to need.

Benjamin Pierce
Making the Rounds xlvi


by loops I make my start a sparkling incident to live

to live a sparkling incident I make my loops a start away, away.

Benjamin Pierce
Making the Rounds xlvii


making the rounds I sought accountant summary of my way of return

my way of return sought each new place for its own open air

new place for its own open air each place learned again from my fresh wonder

each place learned again from my fresh wonder I remembered dull amnesia I had lived

I remembered dull amnesia I had lived making the rounds I sought

I sought accountant summary of my way of return, each place learned again.