mp3The body
a snake, bearded head remembering the Lethe.
The snake infused with sublime animation, a hairy mouth.
And the mouth reversed, a feast.
The
body in pod and in tomb, a dupe. And the dupe
in pieces, hacked and renewed. And the nude
an impetuous braggart, standing accused in blazing faggots.
The
body a congregation of four bodies.
And the four: phlegmatic; castigatory; lethal; and repentitious.
Each repenter a pragmatic diva, swooning darling of the dirge.
The
body, by a logic of ants and moles
taking a mole's foot to make an albino mare.
An albino because the horse is drawn to the coroner's void.
The
body elastic, made of ancient latex, a nebula.
But the nebula anathema (without lacking in virtues),
and the lack as advertised and sold through prescriptions.
The
body a predator, sated by looking its prey in the eye.
And the prey sated, all the while crying "eat me":
the food wholesome, sinuous and binding.
The
body a whose it is, a home game. And the game
a copula, played between is and was, won by agreement.
And the agreement a formal agreement, a game.
The
body a binary code of All and Only. The code
a birthmark of the ultimate paradox, the absolute.
The absolute code a science of ball and tether.
The
body a loan, rewarded with the gambler’s pay.
And the loan a gift, given without winning or losing.
The gamble won by fate, a card turned over, joker or ace.
The
body a tool, used by those with names and rulers.
The name’s famous, but the tool’s bust, like the handler’s
bust
a heaven bent over, bludgeoned with lust.