Photo courtesy Daniel Neeman

A Scratch in the Building’s History

A scratch in the building’s history

may reclassify the Greenland shark

under an odd but new look and ready

to set out in a small boat—man-eating

tendencies freshly beaten—similunate

tail and caudal keen—words

you can’t unpack but magically uphold

seal, squid and salmon rush. All the numbers

you will likely scour, puzzled over by

what the historic record indicates.

A Merlin-esque interdisciplinary spelunking

and the countryside of tall apartment blocks—

unique blends of the depths of the oceans—

a new age of chivalry recast in eggs, shallots,

sage, and toast. What set off against the one ajar,

against the sudden stop change navigates?