Pressure at the Edge

Rock against rock
Water in the narrows
White in the break

Moss on the wall
Wetness in the crack
Green on wet stone

Rock over water
Backwater under rock
Black in the current

Stone in the pull
Foam breaks against it
Light in abrasion

Stone arch
over wet rock
Water beneath

Joints in the arch
Pressure between stones
Moss in the seams

Under the stone
Black in the current
White in the pull

At the abutment
Cold in the stone
Narrowness in the current

Smooth water
over rough stone
White in streaks

Under the current
Stone crosswise in the pull
Foam breaks against it

Black course
pale remnants
Cold beneath

Edge water
Moss at the edge
Wetness in grooves

Root slope
Edges full of roots
Green lies heavy

Yellow on dark
Leaves in the wet edge
Light flat above

Rock wall under green
Wetness in cracks
Moss in the grooves

Above the water
Rock edge under load
Cold at the stone

Ink at the edge
Pressure lies dark
in the fibres

Blot on the sheet
a mouth emerges
at the dark edge

Pen in ink
Black gathers light
under the nib

Paper in tension
a line stalls
at the fibre

Hand over white
Depth pulls
in the blot

Ink dries
at the margin
narrow sheen

Cellar under wine
Coolness in stone
dark edges

Glass against glass
a dark remnant
Light at the edge

Bottle dust
under the shelf
Paper in darkness

Wine in shadow
the wall holds black
at old edges

Cork on the floor
a round imprint
beside the threshold

Empty shelf
dark edges
on the wall

Cellar air
under the sheet
tautens the fibres

Paper over stone
dark coolness
under the white

Beams above coolness
Dust hangs lower
than light

Ink on the table
from below
the edge darkens

Shelf on the wall
old edges
press into paper

Step to the cellar
Cold in the stroke
at the edge