Ray Corvi
[SPEAX THE SPEECH]

Speax the speech
full of. night-
. fall
. without remə-
. dy
Let X={ø}
. Take my pressed. flower
. from. the
. unnatural
. light
. but do not learn to imitate
. the human voice
. You whosoever sings
. the. mind. simpliciter
. word. -relation
. & thing
. Ad hoc
. traumata:
. I have never
. been
. ə-
. lone
About the writer:
Ray Corvi’s work was published in the Journal of Poetry Therapy (December 2018) and is forthcoming in The Courtship of Winds, Euphony Journal, Nixes Mate Review, Packingtown Review, Penmen Review, Plainsongs, Pennsylvania Literary Journal, and The Seattle Star.
Image: Lido by Dominique DÈVE. Charcoal, ink, and acrylic on unspecified medium. No size specified. By 2021. By permission. Deve is a contemporary expressionist painter from France.