fragmentolog[e]
[memento mori]



1.

coccyx: vertebra[e]--
bone tin foil scissor
flowers [tiny cherubim,
feather-veined] re: be still
harpies, rosettes of

2.

macule: ellipse--lunate
bulbous endoderm, polypi
persimmon[twisted fruit
of, pith] re: shrinking
euphorbia[e], spurges of

3.

knots: spider ganglia[e]--
nerve cell spinal cord
wisteria[umbricoid tendons,
curette] re: lifeless
origami, tourniquet of





Fragmentolog[e]
[the garden of earthly
murmurs]



1.

Ripcord: charred blockage,
<mediastinum> heart patter
communique--[red, shrinking
fire, crackles] re: spontaneous
helix spiral, spiral out of

2.

macrophage: adumbral dots,
sweet pears wrapped in body,
sillhouette, drowse[ veinous
damask, ephemeral] re: fallow,
slender as facula of

3.

Tensors: pell-mell,
free-falling loopholes of [dun,
din macula[e], plumas indigo
worm, nebula[e], re: white dwarfs
thrown to sky, retroflex of

Matina L. Stamatakis resides in upstate New York as a freelance
photographer and writer of experimental poetry.  Her works have been featured in various online and print magazines such as Otoliths, Word for/ Word, Eratio, Zafusy, Free Verse, Hutt, etc.  Her first e-chap, ek-ae: A Journey into Ekphrastic Aesthetics, will be out summer 2007 courtesy of Dusie Press.