not since. not since it all.
the grounding of the fog
the impounding of all belonging;
naked as a grinding wheel as spins eternal crown;
the quarrel of the snow
the tightly hacked convulsion from calm to carnivore.
in chimney pot of melted fox where drips the paupers spleen
bickers the trespass upon earths molten glow;
flower of a Satan foot where stands supreme
an echo of a branching of a dream
lays me down between theatrics of a playful and a mean;
and a psalm for my grimacing ears;
upon the spreading of the straw
upon the hounding of the bog
the embalmed embrace of elbows wilting faith;
(where the ending of the Cohen haunts me still)
Lord of intravenous in this stuffed up prayer
now stands with soldiers of coal
in their coats of arms behind the settlement of grief
as minutes take the inches from the hours of the ill;
before the changing of the guard
before the changing of the crew
as spring hopes universal, not referral to the few.
not since. not since it all
would I dare again to picture such a view;