Flag
for Christopher NealonI
flag beneath the tide of where the energy is up there in the trees
returning to the theme of women gathering water in the pleasure
of early speech I flag beneath the speaking water up there returning
to the trees where I flag energy in the tide of returning women
up there in the pleasure trees beneath the theme gathering I
flag where I flag up early in the trees speaking energy there
is
no point to this flagging returns energy to flag a tree there
up where I flag the theme in speech gathering flags in trees
I the trees & I the tides flag a returning theme there in the
I
beneath the flag I energize a theme in tides & trees of pleasure
with what flag the energy of gathering a return to the women
in turn I flag where speech is a tree beneath the trees returning
to
flags a theme of where energy gathers up in the water returning
women to speech & the pleasure of early speaking in water there
is a flag I do to energy returning themes of trees gathering women
early in the tide up where I flag beneath the water in women trees
is not a pleasure for flags nor a pleasure for I but in speaking
pleasure
I flag again to return themes of early flags in energy & in tides
there I
gather
the water beneath the water returning the flags turning the I
in turn toward early speech of trees & pleasure where the returning
flag is up in the theme of trees gathered by energy returning
pleasure
to early women & themes of speech in the tide where trees there
return to early flags I speak to the women gathering a return
to trees
in theme & flags in water & tides up where the early energy of
women
is
a flag I turn beneath trees to themes of early tides & early women
beneath I flag the theme I flag & flag the trees I flag & flag
the water I
flag beneath & flag the energy I flag & flag the retuning flag
of trees
I flag early & flag up & flag beneath & flag toward the trees
returning
the flags beneath the energy in flags & trees & water & speech
& there
is no pleasure to flag I flag no pleasure no flags up where the
pleasure
is not I flag up early beneath pleasure I flag pleasure & pleasure
pleasure returning trees to flags to up the energy beneath flags
& trees to women returning energy to flags & flags returning women
to the water up there
in the trees & the tides I flag themes of flagging & themes of
pleasure I
flag returns up beneath tides in trees & tides in flags & tides
returning
to the theme of retuning I flag speaking in trees & energy & water
in trees
flagging
an early flag I flag the returning tides of trees & the pleasure
of tides returning women up in trees & flags beneath the returned
women
up there where the energy there is a flag I flag to pleasure the
returning.
-Noah Eli Gordon
About the Author
Noah Eli Gordon is the author of the forthcoming A Fiddle Pulled from the Throat of a Sparrow and Novel Pictorial Noise, a winner of the 2006 National Poetry Series Open Competition. He lives in Denver.
