asked the interviewer—
There are no longer names
for some things that exist
only in memory. This
is why it takes years
to practice forming
letters with ink
to make a single
word. In the dense
silence of forests,
who knows how long
it took the birds
to weave the canopy?
[LAG-other-response date=”05 14 2014″ url=” https://www.vianegativa.us/2014/05/night-singer/” title=”Via Negativa: Night singer”]