From the collector's notebook of substitutions - Conchitina Cruz

[writtenbyhand.livejournal.com]

Say grief: things that wander with the intention to return

Say maybe: things that entertain the possibility of always

Say afterthought: things that haunt rather than invade

Say souvenir: not erasure, but palimpsest

Say disappear: letter, sans serif, white, umlaut

Say collateral: not risk, mere substitution

Say document: proof and signpost

Say never: things that breathe easy elsewhere

Comments

[iatrogenicmyth.livejournal.com]

Oh I love this so much.

[writtenbyhand.livejournal.com]

This is the entire poem :)

[aguadora.livejournal.com]

I love this one so much, we took it up in class once. thanks for reminding me.