nothing remarkable (variations)

(what it was supposed to be)

"nothing remarkable"
is the title of a poem that doesn't exist

because

the poet is lacking
even the most tenuous
grasping
semblance
of talent.





(what it was trying to become)

"nothing remarkable"
is the title of a poem that doesn't exist

because today

the poet is lacking
any tenuous, grasping semblance
of talent.

instead,
she will watch the slow, aqueous swirl
of water poured over her tea bag
(cinnamon-tan, frangrant marrón)
and,
line by line,
let it go.