Tantra Bensko
Originally published in The Evergreen Review Issue 116 in 2008.
i i i i
how many times can we use the word i i i i
enough that we become other other other,
the old mexican man on the train
who chuckles from time to time
while continually playing his mandolin
with only broken strings
crammed up together
along its neck in a rambunctious bundle,
as he sits so close to me his smell
becomes me, the boldly dissonant sounds resonate
as everyone looks at him annoyed,
and sees me smiling at the beauty--
Implicated!
i other i other i other
plunk plunk plunk smell smell smell
how many times can we use the word i i i i
enough that we become other other other,
the old mexican man on the train
who chuckles from time to time
while continually playing his mandolin
with only broken strings
crammed up together
along its neck in a rambunctious bundle,
as he sits so close to me his smell
becomes me, the boldly dissonant sounds resonate
as everyone looks at him annoyed,
and sees me smiling at the beauty--
Implicated!
i other i other i other
plunk plunk plunk smell smell smell
