OVERTONE

Went downstairs

because something

is missing

and the music

in the house

another reason

to go

and go.

Stuck there’s

a timbre

oblique-acoustic

time enveloped

by an ensuing

vibration, micro-

resonance

of a smaller

voice, my own

only it’s

never been — 

some nervous

anthem tic

that lifts

my skin.                                  

(continues)