The Flaw

nature secretes
strange beauty
around the flaw
the insect in amber
the baroque pearl
gall apple for your ink
writing in an air bubble
or trapped in resin
excretions
extrusions
exfoliations
flaw is favor
flaw is flavor
the bulge is
nothing other than
new life

Basic Anatomy

my head room
strangely furnished
and in my throat
a singing thrush
my lungs
a red balloon
bladder and kidneys
swimming fish
my finger snakes
entangled and entangling
my legs
a limbo of trees
and hidden in the mangrove
my sex
a gaping cave
a dark place inside
that inspires my heart
forever to churn
blood and desire

I the low–lying
heavy atom
needing spin
to gain momentum
[the Dirac equation]