Vicious Circle

Claire Marie Lim

sono
macrosonus
much audacity
they rose dal niente
augmentation to a noise
peaking with percussiveness
learning to lick insistently at the ear
pushing the boundaries of resonance they are
pounding bursting drowning cursing clawing hurting
waiting for something else to weigh them down
compromising for comfort of the drum
weakening for peace of mind
diminution instead now
they slowly soften
poco perdendo
microsonus
sono