Two Poems by Calvin Pinnix

A MASKING OF ELEMENTS

The concrete stands tall

                               

                                 [[[domineering]]]

only because the bus is late

A slave to the incorporating elements

succumbing to each’s demands

[[[a requirement for membership

                    all inclusive]]]

with the exception of interior elevation

An exhibition of circumstance

positions the senses beneath forms of closure

masking a contained projection

with observation

 

AN ORGANIZATION OF PRIVILEGE

A delicate

   

    cyclical

speculation

conditions its surroundings

to be readily responsive

With meticulous description of alchemical properties

there’s a transformation

---a sudden unveiling and recognition---

and now things move in

]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]and out

of cells

  

   which sit quite trite in appearance

There’s a renewal with each successive victory

In awe of dialogue we speak

The constraints have been placed

only to be restored again

and then

only to be restored

A moping ensues

due to the floor being within reach of the ceiling

Here

))))))))))as a spectacle((((((((((

is an organization of privilege

    of surveillance

to contemplate attraction

and induce wayward wandering

Calvin Pennix lives with his wife and daughter in Mission Viejo, CA where he is completing his MFA and MA in English at Chapman University.  He is currently an instructor at Everest College, where he teaches Composition, Literature and Algebra.  Calvin’s primary interests lie in contemporary poetry and poetics and the intersections between the production of poetry, visual art and music.  Calvin’s first book of poetry, Grounds,  is being published by Argotist Books and will be out in early 2012.  He currently has had work appear in UCity Review, A Few Lines Magazine, Unlikely 2.0, Counterexample Poetics and Ishaan Literary Review.