neat and crisp (displaced)

imhotep neat gland
imuthes immutassel
ifinmootha nuthah
now - line

neat upright glide
the reed pen
the back spine

when the din of spines
gather their organs to the paper
fame made imhotep a god
neat gland
land the paper
technique will the character
and character will describe
the technique

neat
crisp
folded
rolled

the ink is pounding in my head
my nib is cracking
my nib my nub is splitting open
in agony

glide smooth
lie
let the reed pen die for you
remain aloof in the characters
describe the technique
of the ink death

shave your head
gather your utensils
your thigh tablets
your book knees
spread your caftan out before you
in a spray of terms

clay duck and snake entwined inkwell
clay hippo and lion attacking inkwell
clay cheetah lounging in the sun inkwell
clay supplicant head down inkwell
clay foot asevered inkwell

stone
stone sphere inkwell

blue stone
blue ink
the clouds of fireflies

this stylus
to be fogbound
in the valleys

the language that spreads
from the perpendicular

and its sister angles

organ eyes
with raised hands
speaks to
character hands
with raised eyes

under the gaze
over the maze

imhotep was no one
someone
the organ is a character


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