word & note
for Luke Beesley
i mistake
the singer’s shadow
for Rodin’s Balzac
the guitar neck
under a sound cloak
is not bronze
just as bronze is
not the alloy
a word & a note
become as a way to
this ---> is
unable to remember
the word unable
the shadow drinks
a video of a tree
its leaves all passports
in an op-shop sunset
as the milk boils over
to finish this song
for Luke Beesley
i mistake
the singer’s shadow
for Rodin’s Balzac
the guitar neck
under a sound cloak
is not bronze
just as bronze is
not the alloy
a word & a note
become as a way to
this ---> is
unable to remember
the word unable
the shadow drinks
a video of a tree
its leaves all passports
in an op-shop sunset
as the milk boils over
to finish this song
Nathan Shepherdson