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Three Dimensions

By Kashiana Singh

Three dimensions, home and more? ~1~ ~2~ ~3~ At Sea Sailboats at sea Neglected rains Dehydrate my bones Outlandish refrains Inertia that hurts Clouded windowpanes In Air Impatient hands drift Whispering membranes Incantation of spirits Evil estranged Feathers summit eagles Wisdom ingrained On Ground Infusions of agony Brisk champagne Remembrance in gestures Doctor proclaims Healing the toxins Demons remain ~4~ At Home Bring me home Bristling age My dimming lights Gaze reclaims The kettle sings Tea stains ~5~ In Between Is it a curse? To be trapped Weather vortex Perennially curled up In unconfirmed dimensions* *Klein theory says that the fourth dimension likely exists, but unlike longitude, latitude and altitude which are extended dimensions, the fourth is a curled dimension – it stays retracted We live in intermissions Large pickles in Costco brine Turning stale on refrigerator Shelves, its aseptic corners No one dead – just less alive Conglomerating in obedience Into astonished beginnings, like Cul de sac’s that never end Keep turning, porches that Open into eager doorknobs Being continuously wiped, of Contagion memories Every— Body an altar prepared feverishly Homeopathy Consumed differently, in small doses Retained into crucial pellets for predispositions Reacts tenderly over time, with logarithmic osmosis Extracting with potentization, poisoning gently with hypnosis Poetry works me similarly, crumbling into me drops of a slow kiss Maps Circa 2020 City Bare bones A walking cemetery River Floating oars Inflections stay afloat Mountain Suspended moon Longing for festivals Village Haunted temples Echo vanished voices

*Klein theory says that the fourth dimension likely exists, but unlike longitude, latitude and altitude which are extended dimensions, the fourth is a curled dimension – it stays retracted

Kashiana Singh is a management professional by job classification and a work practitioner by personal preference. Kashiana’s TEDx talk was dedicated to Work as Worship. Her poetry collection, Shelling Peanuts and Stringing Words presents her voice as a participant and an observer. Her poems have been published on various platforms including Poets Reading the News, Visual Verse, Oddball Magazine, Café Dissensus, TurnPike Magazine, Dissident Voice, Feminine Collective, Spillwords, Poetry Super Highway. You can listen to her reciting her work on Rattle Open Mic sessions, Songs of Selah podcast and Poetry Super Highway episodes. Kashiana lives in Chicago and carries her various geographical homes within her poetry.