Daniel John Pilkington


memento mori

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i memo: men rot, meme rot. i'm no rim onto meme, no mot. i’m mere monomer time. « mire? me? no mot/ rime? men moot. men moor time in om (tree mom). men emit room. « i memo: men rot. men room time, mom or teem in i.e. men moot mr. it one memo mr. « metronome! i'm memo tenor. i'm meme monitor, mr emote: i'm on. m o : om in meter. « i'm no REM tome, memoir to men, mime to men or eon trim. memo: i’m me. not more. « not me! i'm more moiré moment, motor in meme to meme. i morn to rime: om/men « o men! mime ort: me. mite! moron! merit one mom. miter no memo. miter om – omen! « mom entire? mr onetime? memoir net? omen timer? emir to men? I? (re moment) « o moment rime! o mime mentor! o nom! remit me. o memo minter! i’m ore moment. I moment, more… « eemmmnooirt : mono met rime root mime men mine memo tor rim mete mono} moon. REM time.

(om) (om) (om) (om) (om)

and

   beginning...   


create
   determining ‘emptiness’  

               froth 
               gravel, hope:   I
               jealously keep 

               loving

mercifully nurturing 
   opposites 

               perfecting quaquaversal restless 

soi-disant: 


   the universe/verses will 

               xylem
               yolk
               zero-in

Daniel John Pilkington is a poet from Melbourne. He is currently studying an MFA in poetry at the University of Massachusetts.
 
 
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