poems by nicholas alti

If in Language is Lightness and in Lightness Transformation

Lucretius set out to write the poem of physical matter, but he warns us at the outset
that this matter is made up of invisible particles. – Italo Calvino

Those who say less is more
often have quite a good deal,

preach Flesh is Curse and
boast a swell bill of health;

these events always expose
some victim in the park,

a single convenient witness
inconveniently impaired.

Space and time collapse
inside ten thousand teeth

or rather such occasions
render brothers asunder:

yes, the sister was
so much stronger.

Listen! I have a cult
swarming with kin,

not an itch of hurt
annoys or boils me.

I have the healthy
body problem—

a happy alive
family

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