your eyes were curious to learn me
said i was potentially viable
so i offered myself up for study
being so long shrouded and chiral
we performed tests,
catalogued heart material
put samples of hair and saliva in vials
i was hopeful
trusted your cogent hands like a bible
one day the results came back
for a time i was in deep denial
alone in a dim corridor,
rooms labeled Failed Experiment
stood neatly in an aisle
last night i went out drinking
heard you moved on to a reformulated trial
thought i wanted to be known
i still do once in a while
Chandler Clamp is a graduate of DePaul university who now works in film and photography. His written work is greatly informed by visual images, textures, and compositions.