A box, with only one flap, small and stuck,
beneath; and a wobbly top to it; inside,
boats jumble outside, several more, as wasps
hovering, a large bee apparently not moving
trail a line through all of this -- a tension
decaying; a loose perspective which may be
tautened -- then points became sharp and ship shape,
blurred stillness acquires perceived acceleration
being read, the whole shifting, one reads context
out of context, one slice of one CAT scan,
anecdote without background, a sole item
in the prosecution case, before suspects
have been interviewed or judgments formalised
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UNFRAMED GRAPHICS by Lawrence Upton
42 pages; A5 paperback; colour cover
Writers Forum 978 1 84254 277 4
wfuk.org.uk/blog
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Lawrence Upton
Dept of Music
Goldsmiths, University of London
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