The Balloonist
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My breath threads and swells
outward, prolonging
the exterior. I mould
the supple extension
by turning its periphery
toward the center
in a junction of surfaces
choked into points
and spaced to create
successive portions; interrupted
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spans set side by side; assigned
here and there and then brought together
in multiple intervals
and series which combine
to fashion parts: a tulip twist snout (@),
pinched ears (() ()), locked legs ( ));
joined up; rolled up
to give an outline — a form;
a clumsy imitation:
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Tell me if you can imagine
what it’s meant to be.
Victor Buehring works for a charity in Oxford and enjoys writing in his spare time. His poetry has been published in The Interpreter’s House, Orbis and The Cadaverine.