smokestack

the steam is rising in nets
like caul.

upward thrust of matrix-turned-sideways
expanding from a cone-shaped base
concentrically (blown).

upwards net like spun glass
edges laced with frilled foam
filament clusters caught.

edges smoke
blistered back-to-itself

seep of rising foam in ice-cold air
fringed with crystals
and webbed crispness grown.



(elizabeth griswold 1.15.2009 brooklyn.)