Jared Schickling
TRANSPARENT
as the seed gathered in the soil watered
the grass grew in drawn grasses watered
like little notions going on to
and speaking
affair’s little notion’s phrasing
corners each
bend in the spoke sur
prise the fair
stall to my
child’s cotton
candy sur
prise wherever grows
on up his
ribbon’s pulled like cotton candied
yards from
some mouth look
such
swallowed color! here’s your dollar
pick your duck and think barraged
hawker of one
still struggling ok
ok another dollar
in bondage are
these things like
waiting, paraded
like pigs and cows
this morning’s sponsored
almost over plastics tag the ears’ still touch
time us the ribbon will
end i do not fear parades
for the school’s lunch which you know
almost over was not
not pops trade
in the seed
to water in the
if we
fill you for
years, years [1]
a pocket, would
then, we’ll know
how each broke
acrobat
does not do
flips for you
…
[1] love and a book
