burn this etch of modal memory
interior to what examines a self
of momentary
—of sound thus
tongue
exposes
triangular scriptures of
& with abbreviated timelines
my escape & wholly wrapped
knowledge cannot fulcrum
simultaneous to
a paradigm of parallels
plurals
& my legs are no more
more so
nouns
than the description
of my name
in the mislabeled
culture
to
its
freeing
harp & halo
across from where the harp
expands its
shape, & like its
elongated purpose
pulls
a
charisma unusual to its calm
Felino A. Soriano is a member of The Southern Collective Experience. He is the founding editor of the online endeavors Counterexample Poetics and Of/with; in addition, he is a contributing editor for the online journal, Sugar Mule. His writing finds foundation in created coöccurrences, predicated on his strong connection to various idioms of jazz music. His poetry has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net Anthology, and appears in various online and print publications, with recent poetry collections including Mathematics (Nostrovia! Poetry, 2014), Espials (Fowlpox Press, 2014), and watching what invents perception (WISH Publications, 2013). He lives in California with his wife and family and is a director of supported living and independent living programs providing supports to adults with developmental disabilities. Links to his published and forthcoming poems, books, interviews, images, etc. can be found at www.felinoasoriano.info.