HOZHO*
no
words
but in
actions
reduce
compress
present
tense operations
perform
bird’s eye
view
of compost
composition
not figure
against ground
likeness & unlikeness
pigment ground
electrical currents
a basis for
belief in
the collapse of
meaning
into the intimate & the vast
(* the Navajo word for “beauty”, balance, harmony - & the effort towards)
—Shin Yu Pai
previously published in !Tex! magazine