poem || Peter Ganick

mezzopiano.

release combinations! 
a promontory tellingly 
rondos even elijah’s vessels—
perpetuity before whose hiatus 
the enormity as 
a fiery quasar’s expulsion. 
reigns thorough duets terrains of
waves eeriest 
and thwarting mitigation— 
fools gargle lagoons 
galleons whose ancient thesauri 
matrices culpable of 
waving through 
holidays onto tempos less cluttered— 
deliberative so either willingly 
aforementioned veneer with 
wide apron strings.

emotions so each of three eggshells 
in theatrical rehearsal 
as a commonsense treads 
with license on and off 
alternatives delaying intersections 
cramming glitter zones 
each strictness vending entertainment 
libertine caller each letter a selfhood— 
as mutterings wield veins 
the grime of plasticity 
vacant theory—
a hotel cedes mitigation.

gone through as parlaying aliases 
with nth signatures reaching 
elsewhere infractions 
waving trousseaux 
at royalty 
ennobling release veneer— 
thereof a clientele of
medallists voracious for 
immersions— 
environment’s weight needs  
iterating elsewhere as a familiarity 
so once an earful.