mid 1991 (fifth poem written – and the first of the Regards)
original title (with different lineation) ‘library’
title (as used in Kim’s game) thanks to Olivier Messiaen
p0sthuman: the evening before p.144
Regard de la Croix
in the library the rainforest I sang
but not a human voice came out
a god not my god I’ve heard
her voice before turning the pages ululating
among the gums his voice was different
it split the wood in Mandelbrot patterns
spat the cream my brain again again