First Poem After Much Theory by Ariel Riveros

dedicated to Inge

The axis sails earth. 

Euphoria of tributaries 

document gloss 

postcard by postcard. 

Couriered river sprinkle 

made a mess of my decades 

journal I wrote busily 

inside a postcard stand. 

Stamps decades old franked. 

Near-past just to get the generic 

scent pleasure.