FROM LOOKSEE
And now, now then, at the foot of the and now, of the bed then, the foot of the bed later, later still, then the mark, the features of the boys’ features and the features of the second bedroom of the two bedroom unit where the boys are what they can mean, amenities, ample storage, now at the foot of the bedroom, the foot of a chest, the both unopen, patina around the corner, rounding the corner of the eye, the feature’s plural nulling, patina through glass and becoming, lit, the door closed, pure abrasion of the hold, patina being in so, another heirloom to halo the residuals, will indigo in the boys broil, will it the end of lavender, patina the size of a hand, the size of a boy’s hand in an oval, always a yet, yet passed, perfected, smoothing out the estimated site of perfect impact, of the burden of amber, except indigo, not lavender, not the point, lavender
For the perfect sudden, the perfect open now oval, stay suddenly not, suddenly the oval swung perfect, window and the oval perfect, opened out of the rise, any of the air, the boys, to look at them, perfect, stay suddenly not, that way standing, firm as perfect, halo of the perfect room arriving, store perfect the boys, the original amber of turpentine, hallway perfected with a smear of gathering dark, such ideal indigo emergent with mouths, by the light they light them, the boys, perfect design, perfect light, color perfect, the color unit, perfect unit of precision, the boys now, it is the morning in the perfect, it is morning in the perfect morning, stay suddenly, slowing, the perfected wing slowing, concurrent plaster, leaving the boys be, keep them there, suspend it in amber, suspend it in perfect amber, in the morning, the new fresh morning, in the perfect morning
Biographical Statement
Aiden Farrell is a poet and translator. Full-length translations include The Vitals by Marie de Quatrebarbes (World Poetry), Vanities by Marie de Quatrebarbes (forthcoming), and The = Sign by Christophe Tarkos (forthcoming). Chapbooks of original writing include lilac lilac (Portable Press @ Yo-Yo Labs) and control (Sputnik & Fizzle, forthcoming). Poetry, translations, and criticism have recently been featured in SPAM, Asymptote, Little Mirror, and Digital Vestiges. Born in France, Aiden lives in Brooklyn, NY.