For Christian Bök
a rote zygote joke, yolkative
rubycon, a vivipartisan
sonburn, a vulvacuous orb,
cannalclaw rue, era
roblation, eyeshore seawall
mhyrrmur, ashbrown
adam kindel, i.e. ceded
fact, unearthen heat,
vagabond of marrage,
blitzleague usurppers,
ovheirspill levellerr, bliss
tared slilvhiermare,
bhurried copses, codoned
note n’ tin fib egging
ontofat, spat fen,
essence’s census,
vinyl spirits, essayed
anihima, ediface tar,
stoulen void, etymolested
DD mammicry, copied
rope, copied nooserib,
grim aura,
noosecyte yarn, haruspectacle
vine, gemclone
plasma, grey dais, uí
riddle residew,
donor dryad ovum,
sodslur lysis
* errogatio is a perfect anagram of “Veils” from Eunoia by Christian Bök
Questions and Answers
What did you find particularly challenging in writing this poem?
The present poem is a perfect anagram of the poem “Veils” from Eunoia by Christian Bök (including the poem’s title, body and dedication). As such, the particular challenge I faced in writing this poem was composing a meaningful narrative using only the permuted letters of the original poem off which it was based.