The poem describes a girl and the speaker's memories of her through abstract and sensual imagery. It explores themes of longing, loss, and the passage of time through unconventional syntax and punctuation. Fragmented lines and phrases juxtapose vivid sensory details with philosophical ruminations on human experience.

1. The upright nature of a girl, belied by
formless whirrs, signs of visible lust like the
density of skies, + the disappearing hour;
I think of you urgent + weak walking beside
billboards, missing out, flaking off in the
silence between 2 traxx, no tender riot
in yr geekheart [splice open + pulsating
in four different places whilst the summer
is blaring musty and lithe, awful shiny
skin + sick tune of birds germinating light
as a new kind of loudness] + the crude urban
cosmos misses you + is just passing the
time w/dirt + money + pouting in the
corner w/out your nocturno-suspicious lure.

2. Enjambment
The upright nature of a girl, belied by
formless whirrs, signs of visible lust like the
density of skies, + the disappearing hour;
I think of you urgent + weak walking beside
billboards, missing out, flaking off in the
silence between 2 traxx, no tender riot
in yr geekheart [splice open + pulsating
in four different places whilst the summer
is blaring musty and lithe, awful shiny
skin + sick tune of birds germinating light
as a new kind of loudness] + the crude urban
cosmos misses you + is just passing the
time w/dirt + money + pouting in the

3. Caesura
The upright nature of a girl, belied by
formless whirrs, signs of visible lust like the
density of skies, + the disappearing hour;
I think of you urgent + weak walking beside
billboards, missing out, flaking off in the
silence between 2 traxx, no tender riot
in yr geekheart [splice open + pulsating
in four different places whilst the summer
is blaring musty and lithe, awful shiny
skin + sick tune of birds germinating light
as a new kind of loudness] + the crude urban
cosmos misses you + is just passing the
time w/dirt + money + pouting in the

4. Hyperbole
The upright nature of a girl, belied by
formless whirrs, signs of visible lust like the
density of skies, + the disappearing hour;
I think of you urgent + weak walking beside
billboards, missing out, flaking off in the
silence between 2 traxx, no tender riot
in yr geekheart [splice open + pulsating
in four different places whilst the summer
is blaring musty and lithe, awful shiny
skin + sick tune of birds germinating light
as a new kind of loudness] + the crude urban
cosmos misses you + is just passing the
time w/dirt + money + pouting in the

5. Antithesis
The upright nature of a girl, belied by
formless whirrs, signs of visible lust like the
density of skies, + the disappearing hour;
I think of you urgent + weak walking beside
billboards, missing out, flaking off in the
silence between 2 traxx, no tender riot
in yr geekheart [splice open + pulsating
in four different places whilst the summer
is blaring musty and lithe, awful shiny
skin + sick tune of birds germinating light
as a new kind of loudness] + the crude urban
cosmos misses you + is just passing the
time w/dirt + money + pouting in the

6. Simile
The upright nature of a girl, belied by
formless whirrs, signs of visible lust like the
density of skies, + the disappearing hour;
I think of you urgent + weak walking beside
billboards, missing out, flaking off in the
silence between 2 traxx, no tender riot
in yr geekheart [splice open + pulsating
in four different places whilst the summer
is blaring musty and lithe, awful shiny
skin + sick tune of birds germinating light
as a new kind of loudness] + the crude urban
cosmos misses you + is just passing the
time w/dirt + money + pouting in the

7. Sophie Robinson

8. Sophie Robinson
• Poetry artist in residence at the Victoria
and Albert Museum in London.
• Sonnet-I was written in November of 2008
as part of the collection The Reality Street
Sonnets.
• Researching a PhD in Poetry at the Royal
Holloway, University of London.