Strikethrough Score #41

Strikethrough #41

Created Thu Mar 11 2021

I.

machine

munches

at

3am

sound

like

the

manual

changing

of

day,

can

opener

pinching

the

equator

to

pry

the

sky

into

morning.

I

skip/hop

around

sleep

until

a

click

-

the

night

is

peeled

off

the

globe

into

light

blueness.

pinkish

clouds

stretch

like

silly

string

or

famous

art

works'

reaching

fingers.

the

heart

is

slow

at

first,

even

with

the

early

start,

she's

humming

to

the

birdsong.

the

room

turns

shades

like

velvet

curtains

rising.

the

day:

the

show.

call

time

marked

by

the

flutter

opening

of

eyelids.

II.

machine

munches

at

3am

sound

like

the

manual

changing

of

day,

can

opener

pinching

the

equator

to

pry

the

sky

into

morning.

I

skip/hop

around

sleep

until

a

click

-

the

night

is

peeled

off

the

globe

into

light

blueness.

pinkish

clouds

stretch

like

silly

string

or

famous

art

works'

reaching

fingers.

the

heart

is

slow

at

first,

even

with

the

early

start,

she's

humming

to

the

birdsong.

the

room

turns

shades

like

velvet

curtains

rising.

the

day:

the

show.

call

time

marked

by

the

flutter

opening

of

eyelids.

insert molding of clay

omit tumbling down a hill

insert nervous hands

omit hesitation

omit gravity

omit fear

III.

machine

the

manual

changing

of

day,

can

opener

pinching

the

equator

to

pry

the

sky

into

morning.

a

click

-

the

night

is

peeled

off

the

globe

blueness.

pinkish

stretch

like

silly

art

works'

reaching

fingers.

the

heart

is

slow

at

first,

she's

humming

to

the

birdsong.

the

room

turns

shades

like

velvet

curtains

rising.

the

day:

the

show.

call

time

marked

by

the

flutter

opening

of

eyelids.

IV.

machine

the

manual

changing

of

day,

can

opener

pinching

the

equator

to

pry

the

sky

into

morning.

a

click

-

the

night

is

peeled

off

the

globe

blueness.

pinkish

stretch

like

silly

art

works'

reaching

fingers.

the

heart

is

slow

at

first,

she's

humming

to

the

birdsong.

the

room

turns

shades

like

velvet

curtains

rising.

the

day:

the

show.

call

time

marked

by

the

flutter

opening

of

eyelids.

insert warm memory

omit pleasant surprise

insert hiding

V.

machine

the

manual

changing

of

day,

can

opener

pinching

the

equator

to

pry

the

sky

into

morning.

a

click

-

the

night

is

peeled

off

the

globe

blueness.

pinkish

stretch

like

silly

reaching

fingers.

the

heart

is

slow

at

first,

she's

humming

to

the

birdsong.

the

room

like

velvet

curtains

rising.

the

day:

the

show.

marked

by

the

flutter

opening

of

eyelids.

Author

Anna A. •Instagram: @annaantongiorgi

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