Chen Chen

Quintessence: the Soul (If It Exists)

   Ajar.
Aloft.Afar, afoot. Ashore,
    atop. Aflutter,
ajar, sometimes a lot.
    Then amuck,

    adrift. Afire.
Awryly aflame. Asunder,
    afucked. & closed
up, or is it down. Sometimes
    for a year,

    years. Then
afloat, aloft, ajarred afresh.
    Anewer aglow.
Astride atrue, across aflew,
    awhoevenknew:

    something in you
so never closed, forever fucking  
    abloom, in fact,
even while amiss, adoom.
    Unasleep, even

    amidst the dullest
miseries.Who knew—this life,
    this alive. Agog,
agod. Awash with vowel & you,
    committed to

    comma &
not yet, or sure, period, but then
    right away up
to go alltheway down. To stumble
    allaround for a

    letter, another.