Evan H. Brisson

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Language as the means through which I love and open time

sing, this
 vessel,

show me
the crest of a hill
overlooking
the heart of glass.

though I am so
terrified
  of words
and mortal movements,
I do believe,
  now, in this body

sat where you are.

Evan H. Brisson is a poet from Raleigh, North Carolina. He has taught writing and literature at Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, NC. His work has appeared in One Art, dadakuku, and streetcake.