Chenxi Meng

BPPV (BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO)

wearing a hat of dark clouds—
with a wave,
a giant bubble slips into my embrace,
wrapping the swelling soapstone.

one, two—
propelled off the rigid track,
a school of transparent, flat fish
stirs before my eyes.

they move—
left, up at an angle;
right, up at an angle.

after five rounds,
the seawater loses itself
in my right ear.
saltily clamoring—
only in that noise
can I hear you
make a clear sound of—

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