Assemblage of approbated rhythms
       —after Samik Bhattacharya’s painting (above)

Of the crowd
condensed

controlled (chaotic disposition of time the latent mobility escapes,
enthralled) who

envisions crown atop angled vision, the musical
wholeness of silent space, spatial momentum of song and
critical thought encapsulating moments?

Of the
singing

who smiles against similes of this decorative
articulation?  Outside, wind disbands as
ribbons embellish sky’s indifferent mathematics--
alive or relegated outcast?

Of the listeners engaging radial styles
which of the italicized emotions become
facilitating method of interpreting rhythm’s
elongated functions?

Felino A. Soriano

Felino A. Soriano is a case manager and advocate for adults with developmental and physical disabilities.  Recent poetry collections include Intentions of Aligned Demarcations (Desperanto, 2011), Pathos etched, recalled: (white sky books, 2011), and Divaricated, Spatial Aggregates (limit cycle press, 2011).  He edits and publishes the online journal, Counterexample Poetics.  For information regarding his published works, editorships, and interviews, please visit: www.felinoasoriano.info.

• This poem won the third prize in the first Poetry Writing Contest organized byEkphrasis India, and was earlier published by Ekphrasis India in its online magazine EI.