REMEDY (for josie)

knock skull
the kernels lodged 
cup palm to buzzing jaw
the hardness asks just 
something simple
a faucet on and
streamed through
pinhole white
now melt
any urgent answer’s
questions
neck swept to aid
the drop
a skirt that floats
to cloak
tantrum's noble
heartland
sealed soundless 
in her metal box, 
nothing to do here
but nod and knock
at that
melt the more
more down 
no intermission curtains
the dark valley always moves
restless under
attention’s heat
now syrup to the metal
now metal to the stream 
now circle swap in pairs
hands in spinning
rolodex
switch and place
and press
the channels open
now linked, a circuit
now broken brief
now the circuit
on its own