Nomenclature

from Songs from the Equator, Part 1 by Evan Zegiel

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-Nomenclature-

Bask in the crosscurrent, the
beat, of nature ― it hovers,
haunts the bark on the trees and
a gentle breeze filters light
through their grasping hands, those thin
branches the pigeons land on ―
I know all of them by name.

I know their fathers, mothers,
their sons and daughters, all of
them by name, and I have built
a family tree out of
scraps of paper and writing
utensils which drip ink on
the feathers that fall gently
aground. They pool together
in a dark puddle, through a
swirling and lugubrious
ventricle that pumps questions
through the veins of nature, and
I know them by their natures.

Each one is a cog in the
machinery of nature,
but each one has a namesake.
Each one has a heart that pumps
a standard solution of
solvable secrets which float
along rivers woven in-
between buoyant skeletal
fragments until they reach the
fine points: singularities
that stay embedded in clouds
of assorted feathers.
I know all the pigeons by name.

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from Songs from the Equator, Part 1, released August 30, 2018
Lyrics and music by Evan Zegiel. Copyright 2018 Evan Zegiel.

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Evan Zegiel Michigan

Evan Zegiel is from Boca Raton, Florida. He plays and teaches music for a living. When he isn’t blowing air into a tube or composing music, he writes poems and drinks coffee.