Mar 13, 2008 12:45
trimurti
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foot on throne:
this fist of heart
hides in the hollow
of its hold:
rabbit
string
two veils
magic or slighted
palm - a torn scarf
of chest with red footprints
hop-hopping away
knot in utero, a circlet
of vein dangles about neck.
hang the hunted?
father! cut the -
a world
swallows
the chair
bird in hand:
the beat of breath
wavers where a wire
is virus in the tree:
three parts untamed
sparrow
two ravenous
of one limp wing
the notes squeeze
through bars of rib
prying at the clef
to be heard. a shriek
peers into the world
two fresh sockets
emptied of sight
then song
to be free
unholy corpus:
a murmur wedged
in the bodies
of fire and fish:
pale wave
unjust tempest
phoenix
of wrinkled flesh, shifting
shore of bone: gnawed
hook in jaw
a storm is strong
without a guide
smoldering, a sailor
sings; a man sinking
noose in hand
into the black
belly, drifting
a crooked grin.