of all I owe the very least
to drum and drink a flesh-soup ball
at the loose end of the dry earth.
chrome fleas of the rushed sleep
as a silent thunder drains my sleepwalk snare
scouting tresspass on the almonds of the dull weed steer
scaling the antlers of the stray stag on my limpimg wrist;
of all I owe madfellows, pillows and pears
airing caution through the sinus of their chain
tapping the waters of their loins.
no more a summer dressed in winter thyme
more a delicate wreath for the hammer song
thumping the anvil of the bruised reign
a gemini twin on a springboard dicing beef;
sleep without motion
devotion to a lesser theif
grease for the camel of my throat
coating the surface of my teeth;
of all I owe the very most
ghost of the pardon; ghoul of the leprechaun;
school of the fishbone magnets deep trapeze;
at the loose end of the dry earth
a dry month in an oceans swell
selling stories to the peacock
as I bridle the rashions of my feed;