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| illustration
by John Held Jr. |
still
life in cherubim voodoo stew
(radio
voice crackles, unattached)
“…in
a spun magnet, a fire for a belly indicates want, a terra firma place setting,
with full silver service over the courses, this, ladies and gentlemen, would suit your appetites finely…”
sewing little indignation(s) into penny scrap dolls
I spell and poem by exhale into each one/
leave them where silence comes to eat the words/
paper, rock and scissors eyes/
button down clown suits round a table/
the strange cornered sharpen your senses/
high gloss sheen to vernaculars
particulars coming to look/
I shuffle documents fidgeting/
nerves examine the perils
a body count in my head/
who deserves, how can I judge/
what kinds of limbs
reach and express
something more pure
than I otherwise
might imagine myself
to be…
boss man,
lord tan lady shade/
I've made deals before someone gets paid/
I've hired attorneys with concubine crop fare/
hieroglyphic reading tea/
honey, infinity sweetened
inside wax sealed jars/
I've arranged mementos
afterglow kept things
I’ve written down
following desire, pleasure
and bliss while not letting
unsavory ever get too far
away from me
away from me
I am dust and bones
heading towards wear
rain feasts low…
EJR ©
