Michael J Wilson

Michael J. Wilson
Geometry of Cascading Rooms

Celery sliced ends of calla lilies slow drip into a clear glass

They are tied with purple yarn, tightness making impressions on the green

White ovoid blooms lean in the direction of a doorway, a room tries to assemble itself so it can be described

The talon point of flowers slice air, the sex anxiously swats around looking for bees

Walls arrive and the room is a library, books make mildew and chairs puff themselves

Crystal glasses fill with thick clear alcohol that casts a green shadow

Purple threads tie themselves into the carpet making a Persian rug, one forgets and snags on a desk leg; this makes everything look worn in

The calla lilies drip and the bedroom is dismantling itself to make library shelves

The bedposts are busy rubbing to make powder to mix with liquid for paper; books begin to bind without the pages

Glass unmakes into sand then turns an hourglass as the sun starts to invent that abrupt line of fire just below clouds

Out across the world a tuning begins; floorboards upright and practice treeing, the sand remakes glass, breaks into fine shards and causes a field

Pages of unfinished books fold themselves into leaves

The calla lilies fill the glass then plant themselves at the edge of melting

Everything is floating, the soil and rocks are busy inventing the moon and stars behind all the redness...

Michael J Wilson lives in Brooklyn, he has a BA from College of Santa Fe in New Mexico and is finishing his MFA at the New School in New York City.