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Jimmy Cummins
The Eye Is Not Satisfied With Seeing
After Jennifer Packer
to see satisfaction
splashes of grease
to paint
he is no saint
held torso in figure
junction with colour
lily and rose
lilac and trace
we bleed
sit folded under the moon
the cross section of stillness
watching
the industrial places soon to be
the places to be
the objects of our lives
to cool and sit in that space
hearing and writing and feeling
all at once
the object implied
the move transcribed
(can poetry do the same in tiny bursts)
of texture
(nut the poem can not hold the plane)
and detail at once
(all we have is fragments strung together)
where movements of heat
turned to colour
the domestic noise
tightly held buds
return to present
but absent
follow the arrows
and find you watching / reflecting
an invitation of slowness
Jimmy Cummins is a poet, editor and teacher based in East London. With Andy Spragg, he edits RunAmok Press. Previous books include Cities (distance no object, 2021) and Flash Bang (Veer 2011).