rest in peace sound
the alteration of the sense
sense-alteration
selfless
all too well
what you know
sensible well-known anterior
& interior motives
catch tenses suck
in the two bells
tuba halt breath
breathe
breathing
I hope you get the reference
I hope you get the message
all too tell
alliteration of the rent
allusion to the curtains
tears in the cut
written not spoken
the archive casts its net
I meant weeping
I meant resisting
untitled
yeah abrasion after all parts mumble apart no more
portions protons not porous parallelisms
into your pillow your locked-up eyes your unafraid tongue
who gets the final say on flower-names
its succession secession a success until slept in
going out later growing into parts paroxysm
sharpens sleep-gathering therapies for the first time
I keep pointing and asking who took this photo
wall-writing brawls with planar space or onyx
known I thought no wrong note
guilt is gullible repeating after me un-change loosening
I confuse mountain pink and mountain peak
clocks calling the shots mountain pink sent back
accomplishment efficient gently downed the screen
who gets the final say on flower-names who will
I identify myself who told you to do me for me
how many placeholders within citations
who took this photo grass deletion removal compiling
this shaken comic book cornucopia of lasting rites
John Rufo’s work has been published, or is forthcoming, on Poets.org, Ploughshares, The Offing,Tagvverk, Entropy, The Journal Petra, NOO, and Dreginald. More information is available at dadtalkshow.tumblr.com.