Jaydn DeWald
Church
marble from unions blue hands from down- stairs
chalk-dust from rivers- old ivory from tears
from dancers ascension / black shoes from downstairs
birds o’ standards from players, & stomping
from prayer woodwinds from cloakrooms our solos from dancers
horn from blown hearts / our solos from players
a cup from blood tears it’s monk time un-
languaged chords from more chords: the marble from chambers / from
beechmast from breathwork two blown hearts from players
the black shoes from horns / blue rivers from
standards prayer from ascension old hands from down-
stairs standards from moon-howls ascension
their tears black / chalk-dust from woodwinds a blood cup
from blue horn ivory from stomping
from dancers mud- rooms chords from more chords,
its monk time be- ware birds o’ downstairs
from stomping from black shoes & ivory blown
solos from un- / ions- old marble from tears
JAYDN DEWALD is the author of The Rosebud Variations and Sheets of Sound, both from Broken Sleep Books. They are Assistant Professor of English and Director of Creative Writing at Piedmont University in Demorest, Georgia, USA.