Heart
Waves of air
set in motion. The
greater the vibrations
the higher the duties and
impulses.
The power of
the heart is separated from
the ticking of
ordinary surroundings
Murmur. A sound
in breathing. This is
not a murmur, but
involuntary. A
rubbing or creaking,
soft, blowing, harsh –
fleshy fibres.
Murmurs may be the
night raiment of the heart,
the under-surface of
the heart’s action,
the control of the will
and an insertion.
Callum James is a queer poet, bookseller and magical practitioner. He writes about memory, trauma, bodies, landscape and magic and his poetry has appeared in Ambit, Magma, The Dark Horse, Lighthouse and others.