The Little Sound in the Middle of Simone
-Juliana Leslie
Sound of her in the x of you.
Sound of p in paper human beings.
Sound of salt in salty water and transitive verb swim,
the sum total of wind and wind-bearing objects in the distance.
A sound in Simone saying, shall I?
Not the same as saying I shall or the sound of sh inside of Simone saying shall.
Not sound of silent e in Simone or the sound of e in something unlike Simone.
Sound of the windfall of s in wingspan or wisp of air.
Sound of l in the middle distance of gala apple.
Sound of Simone I speak under the sheets a lesser-known region of words falling apart into the lesser-known borders of Simone.
Unknowable things in