To sit by the vowel
And assess its pleats
“
enough as say, tree
este branch
lace is perish
aken; The odor is put
hastily,
; long-1
not ” and t ry
Of the rain the lurid arms
Which taint the fine aisles of the ocean
Murmurs of an imminent hour
Dollars the action of water
“
to such a degree
that the accumulations become images
and don’t pleasure the Mt.
counting the (shores, sores)
May, May without seeing you
Do not repair the background
The mist in abandon
Nervous marvelous naught
“
The cellos play
eu
mir of the message
a figure,
atleaf.
lle.
real story
is an indivisible configure re (there lies the incredible
(paradox:
body a body. tions of th
a certain thing) con
bod ed
Mutuals trespass without will
Stratum of really interesting pain
The force of inveterate invitations
Shells burbots multiple suns and echinoderms of the west
“
res.
and rest.
by setting to music it was
found sweet earth
I wrote uck
—
from Goat Foil–published by TABLOID
Buy it here
—
Maxwell Gontarek wrote Goat Foil (TABLOID, 2026) and Study for Swimming Hole (Community Mausoleum, 2025). His poems have most recently appeared in bethh, Vat, APARTMENT, and mercury firs. He lives in Versailles.
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