“Elaborate Territories” (in process) by Benny Lichtner and Valeria Tsygankova
I.
things transpired, as in plants
first of all lights in the leaves heaved forward
there were several pulls from several locations
one guiding foot disposed us to question territory
the thing to be understood was what preceded and what advanced
the thing to be understood was did it refer to chance or did it enter the lexicon
we awoke often enough
soon something revolved in air supplying heartbeats
we considered bringing a dictionary, decided writing our own would be worth a good deal more
in between the hills the sand broke our concentration when we were privy to its nightly commission
we certainly began together, and ended apart, but certainty was not present in the meanwhile
the time came when the trees devoted themselves to being practical and the soil drove barbs into our familiarity
