Audio readings by Anthony Gongora
I went into the words to find me
Lockdown had left me quarantine quiet
Mind saturated stillness
Chitchat silenced
Meditationless
I tried to form a word
Out of the nothingness
Tong stuck to the ruff of my mouth
The N of N-ext stuck there pressing
Read MoreSeven days dreaming of you. I kept looking forward - falling back into your hypnotic gaze. Your steady eyes filled with want. Your intent - desire spilling from your every touch.
Read MoreRemember
The point of entry
Acknowledgment of equal wanting
The center
The point of departure
It speaks millions of words
Its sound a universal call
A space holder - timekeeper
A point of reference for all eternity
It can mark a beginning with no end
Or it can end at its beginning
Pairs of lips pressing
Read MoreSand Slipping underfoot.
Heat not normal.
Everything burnt and as far as the eyes can see only the dull repetition of dunes.
It gets in your eyes and into every crevasse of fabric, of flesh.
It crunches between your teeth, the sensation shocks you back to the present.
To Life.
Any sensation besides this baking sun is welcomed.
Single file we march.
In silence.
Read MoreI’ve found God
Clear and life-giving
Life-sustaining
Recycling consistently
Flowing, falling, dripping
Evaporating raining down
Clouding up in cumulous clouds
Trapped by atmosphere
Forced into a constant state
Held spherically in place
God trapped on a planet
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