Mixing Water With Oil
I started off with very pure water.
A dot and a stroke.
A horizontal and a perpendicular.
When oil is still in the container.
E for East in the far
Empty, epidemic and error
Exercise, essay, exotic, elsewhere
etceteras, etceteras.
Then the water ran faster.
Down stroke to the left,
down stroke to the right.
A tick, a turn and a hook.
When oil droplets started to accumulate.
N for no, none, nod.
natal, nationality, not
narrative, novel and nonsense.
Water went deeper.
Perpendicular with fold,
perpendicular with tick.
Down stroke to the left with dots,
down stroke to the right with a dot
and a tick.
Two hundred and fourteen root radicals
stood and settled.
And oil formed a thin layer
G for gap, gabble, and gusto
good-bye, ground, grammar and grow.
This is what happened-
Water ran, saw the oil droplets
and started to shake.
Perpendicular with down
stroke to the left.
Horizontal with fold and
Hook!
A turn and
a Tick!
Oil forms a stream, pour and pour.
L for la
listen, lace and laugh
lyric, lie and literature.
Louder and Louder.
Oil splashes and spreads.
Water swirls and swirls.
Per-pen-di-cu-lar with fold
and turn,
Hori-zon-tal with fold,
and turn down-stroke to

