Two Poems

by Jason Nelson


The Basal Rate

        expired air,   this way inspire,   an end


the end   foregoing the latter or three-way back


	insoluble contain  in heads contain  dilute, alkali


negligible amounts ask for the unchanged tract




	alimentary,  small bonds wonder sugars,  burned or




products formed  of proteins,  of water,  of what's left of hello

Metabolism

        embrace the chemical processes


the growth, the heat, the energy


	maintenance derived a breakdown   simpler carbon


simple candle material



	protein was less knowing a certain value



valueless burned beyond the outside

I write poetry inspired by late nineteenth century engineering and medical texts. The idea is to draw from the language and processes of science the colors and allure contained within the sometimes beautiful and emotional scientific descriptions.

We live in a society directed by science and technology. My poetry seeks to gather beneath the results and outcomes of the discoveries to the equations and experiments and relay their meaning through language poetry.

A small bit of background: Aside from struggling on a Master's Thesis, I also type. Recent work of mine has appeared in Speak magazine, Plazm Magazine, Coracle, Generator, and in this world of wires and such in Recursive Angel.


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