Echolalia

after “A”-19 [“An other / song—you want another...”]

In other sounds
 E wants a mother
[unclear] I hear

bad. Trachea,
 trace—translate
[hiss] chase

meaning’s
 severed half-
lives for cantos.

Mine pine
 after dorsal
fins. Drafts

drown in
 throat. I’m
pssst tense

subjunctive
 unfolding
spine, needling

form’s tomb
 marrow sonata.
Tingly

E taunts bow
 fingers dawn
lightly butchers

an author
 botches cadence
mutters in violet.

Copyright Credit: Noa Micaela Fields, "Echolalia" from Zoeglossia: Poem of the Week, May 17, 2021.  Copyright © 2021 by Noa Micaela Fields.  Reprinted by permission of Noa Micaela Fields.
Source: Zoeglossia: Poem of the Week, May 17, 2021 (Zoeglossia, 2021)