‘The Efformation’ By Humphrey King
[efformation: the act of giving shape or form]
I.
the departed eagle sits
shaping contemporary narrative
(out of nothing but air)
POLITICAL REALITY.
IS TRANSFORMED
SMASHES.
LARGE
PUSSY.
historical pain.
of humanness.
something I
conceptualize
if I could stop you.
Finding
our
flippers.
we shouldn’t care.
asking: is it
in our language.
articulated.
bits and shifts;
entirely, neither
cracking a joke
in the living room
it doesn’t help.
II.
it doesn’t help
we shouldn’t care
it doesn’t help
we shouldn’t care
it doesn’t help
we shouldn’t care
it doesn’t help
we shouldn’t care
it doesn’t help
we shouldn’t care
it doesn’t help
we shouldn’t care
it doesn’t help
we shouldn’t care
it doesn’t help
we shouldn’t care
it doesn’t help
we shouldn’t care
it doesn’t help
we shouldn’t care