Tsering Wangmo Dhompa




Fourth lesson

Entrusted in your care, the equivalent of speech. The harbor in 
sea mist if ships come that way.

The oddness of the word “pomade” in a room overlooking a 
church steeple.

Speech measured by what is within definition.

Certain dates are mentioned as testament to a continuity
of self. Still, most mornings pass without coincidences as the day
is charted on the way to the kitchen.

The cycle of blood. The flexibility of muscles from intent and 
inherent traditions. The disciplined desire.

Siberian cranes map their wings towards the Indian continent. 

Measure what is made. Its eventual contour.